Cowboy Cookies

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Cowboy Cookies with Cranberries and White Chocolate

There are a few ways to guarantee I’ll make a recipe:
1. Give it a creative name that piques my interest.
2. Show me a pretty picture of the dish. (I’m a visual person. You can’t convince me a dish tastes good if it ain’t pretty.)
3. Nag me about it so much that I’ll make it just so you’ll stop.

I’ve always been intrigued with recipe names so #1 is exactly why I’m munching on a Cowboy Cookie as I sit here and write. (#1 is also the reason I’m going to have to grab the keyboard air can and clean my laptop in a few minutes.) But “cowboy cookies?”

Two different pictures come to mind when I hear “cowboy:”
– Dust, jeans, boots, horse, truck, and a hat.
– A mediocre football team from that city up north. America’s team? Please.

Given the fact that there isn’t a ground-up Stetson or a Silverado emblem in the dough and the recipe doesn’t call for a teaspoon of Tony Romo’s post-interception tears, I don’t really know what makes a cookie a “Cowboy cookie.”

I saw a reference to “souped-up oatmeal cookie” and you won’t see me take the cookie out of my mouth long enough to argue with that. Think Chocolate Chip Cookie marries Oatmeal Cookie… and then the oatmeal cookie tries to change the CCC by secretly getting rid of his chocolate chips in a garage sale and replacing them with cranberries. Or… something like that.

Point is, these aren’t quite “normal” cookies and aren’t quite your standard oatmeal cookie. But they are darn good. I’m hoping the recipients agree, though I wouldn’t have my feelings hurt if they said “No thanks,” and handed them straight back to me. Just in case that doesn’t happen, I’m gonna stash a dozen back for us. After all, oatmeal is the ultimate healthy breakfast food 🙂

Cowboy Cookies with Cranberries and White Chocolate

Cowboy Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries and White Chocolate

Chewy cookies loaded with oats, dried fruit, and white chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 heaping tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1 rounded cup dried cranberries
  • 8 oz white chocolate, chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
  2. Cream butter, oil, and sugars until smooth on med-high speed. Beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until well blended. Add in oats, dried cranberries, and white chocolate, mixing until evenly distributed.
  3. Scoop dough onto lined baking sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until edges are golden and centers are set. Cool cookies on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

Yields: ~3 1/2 dozen cookies

Adapted from AllRecipes

Estimated time: 45 minutes

12 comments… add one
  • Carmen

    Oh these look delicious! Will be trying these tonite. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  • These look delicious! I love the combination of cranberries and white chocolate.

  • Just found your blog from Lick the Bowl Good – I love your photography and these cookies look scrumptious. Pop by my blog http://www.thereddeer.com if you have some free time 🙂

  • These look super delicious 🙂 I totally agree about recipes with fun names. It totally makes me want to try them.

  • I just tackled Cowboy cookies too and learned that what you made is called Cowgirl cookies, why? because Cowboy cookies have nuts! Get it? hehe

  • I am also drawn by pictures and names of food. I will save this recipe. they look delicious!

  • These cookies look deliciously irresistible! I agree about pretty photos making me more eager to try a recipe, and I have a feeling these cookies would disappear far too quickly for my own health round here 😀

  • Tasty looking cookies! I totally agree about the picture thing w. recipes – I am way more likely to make the ones w. nice pics!

  • I love the cranberry/white chocolate combos. In fact I’ve been known to throw those into my Rice Krispy Treats! So are they now Cowboy Krispy Treats?! hehe… These cookies look delicious!

  • WOW! I love the sound of these!! Great pics and site! 🙂

  • Bakerella made Cowboy Cookies a while ago! These look delicious! I wouldn’t mind getting a few!

  • Melissia Tatom

    I used to write a blog similar to yours, but then I gave up. Definitely keep up the good work, you’re a great author!! 😀

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