Cowboy Cookies

By kayjayjohnson

Cowboy Cookies are the best! Full of chocolate, nuts, coconut, and more yumminess! Your family will love them!

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar, granulated
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, tightly packed
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon ancho chile, ground
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 1 cup coconut, shredded, sweetened
• 3/4 cup pecans
• 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup butterscotch chips
• 1/4 cup wheat germ

Details

Adapted from scarlettabakes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a large bowl, cream sugars and shortening together. Add eggs and beat until just incorporated.

Beat in flour, cinnamon, ground ancho chile, baking soda, baking powder and salt until dough is uniform and smooth.

Fold in oats, coconut, pecans, chips and wheat germ.

Pull off a tablespoon-sized chunk of dough and roll it between your palms into a ball approximately 1 1/2″ around. Place dough ball on a parchment-lined baking sheet and repeat until tray is full. These cookies spread quite a bit while baking so you will not want to crowd your baking sheet – I only baked 8 cookies at a time on my standard size baking sheets.

Bake for approximately 12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are just beginning to turn a light golden brown.

YIELD: approximately 26 cookies