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February 25, 2017

Chocolate Cowboy Cookies Recipe

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Chocolate Cowboy Cookies are one of the first homemade cookie recipes I ever made with my very first KitchenAid Mixer 14 years ago!

Chocolate Cowboy Cookies Recipe on dineanddish.net

When I was first married I was a horrible cook. Well, I take that back…maybe I wasn’t such a horrible cook, but was working 60+ hour work weeks and didn’t have the time or desire to cook. Even so, things were pretty bad. When we’d have company I’d make Hamburger Helper (Chicken Helper if I was feeling extra fancy), canned green beans and an easy eclair dish for dessert. I don’t really remember much of what my husband and I would actually eat for dinner as newlyweds, but I guarantee it wasn’t much better.

After Jacob was born, I was still working, but from home and much less. I had more time to focus on “domestic” tasks, and I think because of a hope and prayer for a wife who would actually cook meals, my husband bought me my first KitchenAid mixer. Up until that point, if I made cookies, it was always using store bought dough. I just didn’t have the time or the desire to make cookies from scratch. Nick LOVES cookies and grew up in a household where homemade cookies were a daily thing. I decided to embrace my husbands love for cookies and began baking.

Chocolate Cowboy Cookies are the very first homemade cookies I made for my husband. It was soon after he gave me my KitchenAid Mixer that I discovered Recipezaar, now Food.com. I don’t know what it was about this chocolate cowboy cookie recipe but it stood out and I knew I had to give it a try. Since that day many, many years ago, I’ve made these cookies time and time again. I realized just this week when I went to make a batch that for some reason I never blogged the recipe here on Dine & Dish. So, today, I’m changing that!

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If you’d love a full of chocolate flavor, awesome cookie recipe, here’s a great one to try! Enjoy!

Chocolate Cowboy Cookies Recipe on dineanddish.net
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Chocolate Cowboy Cookies Recipe

Chocolate lovers will love this tasty cookie recipe!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes minutes
Total Time 27 minutes minutes
Servings 3 dozen
Author Dine & Dish

Ingredients

  • 3 ⁄4 cup flour
  • 1 ⁄4 cup cocoa
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ⁄2 cup margarine or 1⁄2 cup shortening
  • 1 ⁄2 cup white sugar
  • 1 ⁄2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Sifted powdered sugar for topping

Instructions

  • Sift together dry ingredients; set aside.
  • Blend together margarine (or shortening) and sugars.
  • Add egg & beat until light & fluffy then stir in vanilla.
  • Combine with dry ingredients & mix well.
  • Add remaining ingredients& mix well.
  • Drop by teaspoon onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets and bake in preheated 350°F oven for 12 minutes.
  • Cool on a wire cooling rack, then top with sifted powdered sugar if desired.

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  1. Candace @ Cabot says

    February 26, 2017 at 7:05 am

    Those look so pretty…and delish!

  2. Rihana says

    February 27, 2017 at 1:29 am

    I love cookies and these are looking really good to have right now. My mouth is full of water! 🙂

    Thanks!

  3. Jhuls says

    March 1, 2017 at 12:49 am

    Pinned and shared! These look really good! I want the whole serving! 😀

  4. Melissa S. Linville says

    April 15, 2017 at 5:10 am

    Just baked these and they’re pretty good. Not overly sweet yet delicious. Didn’t have chocolate chips so I added 1/2 cup of dried cranberries, yum!

    • Kristen says

      April 16, 2017 at 5:58 pm

      What a great addition! Thanks for letting me know!

  5. FM Radio Live Online says

    July 1, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    I had a blast on this trip with you! 🙂 Your pictures are gorgeous!

  6. Monalisa Matache says

    August 12, 2017 at 7:49 am

    Stuck and shared! These look better than average! I need the entire serving

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