2 jumbo eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
2 sticks (1 cup) Butter or margarine; softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups unsifted flour
2 cups regular (not quick-cooking) oats
1 package (6 oz) semi-sweet, mini chocolate bits or regular size chocolate bits.
Chopped pecans or walnuts to taste (optional)
Cowboy Cookies
Recipe
Instructions
Put eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter in large bowl of mixer. Beat on medium speed until mixture is fluffy, scraping down the sides of bowl frequently with rubber spatula. Mix in vanilla.
In another bowl stir together soda, baking powder, salt, flour and oats. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in chocolate bits and nuts. (Dough will be very stiff.)
Drop about 1&347;4 heaping cupfuls of the dough onto greased baking sheet. Put only eight mounds of dough, staggering them about three inches apart, on baking sheet.
Cookies will spread as they bake. Bake in oven pre-heated to 350°, 10 to 15 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown but still spongy when touched on top with fingertips. Don’t over bake cookies.
They should have a chewy texture. Let cookies cool about five minutes before removing them from baking sheet. Keep husband, boyfriends, and/or children away while cooling!
Makes about 20 big (Cowboy) cookies, each about 4 1/2 inches in diameter. (Cookies may be made smaller if desired, however, if they are, you cannot call them Cowboy cookies as these would be sissy cookies. In this case, reduce the
In another bowl stir together soda, baking powder, salt, flour and oats. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in chocolate bits and nuts. (Dough will be very stiff.)
Drop about 1&347;4 heaping cupfuls of the dough onto greased baking sheet. Put only eight mounds of dough, staggering them about three inches apart, on baking sheet.
Cookies will spread as they bake. Bake in oven pre-heated to 350°, 10 to 15 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown but still spongy when touched on top with fingertips. Don’t over bake cookies.
They should have a chewy texture. Let cookies cool about five minutes before removing them from baking sheet. Keep husband, boyfriends, and/or children away while cooling!
Makes about 20 big (Cowboy) cookies, each about 4 1/2 inches in diameter. (Cookies may be made smaller if desired, however, if they are, you cannot call them Cowboy cookies as these would be sissy cookies. In this case, reduce the