COLORADO COWBOY COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in sugars and combine thoroughly. ( I use my kitchen aid mixer).
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
• Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips, oats, and pecans. (If you want to add the coconut, add it now.)
• For each cookie drop an ice cream scoop of dough and slightly flatten it, spacing it about 3” apart.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes till edges are lightly browned. Cool on pan for one minute then remove from pan to cool on racks or I use a few sheets of newspaper to lay them on until cool.
• When cool store in plastic zip locks or I sometimes put them in shoe boxes lined with wax paper and put them in the freezer.

Steps:

• Whisk first 5 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in large bowl till light and fluffy. Add in Large eggs and vanilla, beating to combine. Add in dry ingredients and beat till just blended. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. Cover dough and refrigerate1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Let soften slightly before continuing.) Arrange 2 racks in center of oven; preheat to 350 degrees. Butter 2 baking sheets. Form dough into balls, using 1/4 c. dough for each. Place on prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Flatten with hand to 3 1/2-inch rounds. Bake 10 min, then rotate sheets. Bake till cookies are golden around edges and hard in center, about 4 min longer. Cold on sheet 5 min. Transfer to racks to cold completely. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.) This recipe yields about 20 cookies. Comments: "I used to live in New York, and once, several years ago, I stopped by Olive"s sandwich shop in SoHo with a friend," writes J-R John of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "After lunch I bought one of the 'cowboy cookies'; this was an extra-large and especially good chocolate chip cookie. I"ve never forgotten it."