Colorado Cowboy Cookies

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

36 cookies

Source: Maida Heatter

Categories: Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 lb sweet butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats (not instant) or 1 cup regular rolled oat (not instant)
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
  • 1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans, broken into medium-size pieces

Directions

  1. Position two oven racks to divide the oven into thirds; preheat oven to 350°; line cookie sheets with foil.

  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

  3. In a big bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter.

  4. Add in vanilla and both sugars; beat well.

  5. Add in egg; beat well.

  6. On low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients and beat, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula, until incorporated.

  7. Remove bowl from mixer; stir in oats and then chocolate morsels and nuts (dough will be rather stiff).

  8. Use a well-rounded teaspoonful of the dough to make each cookie; place the mounds 2 inches apart on the foil.

  9. Bake for about 18 minutes until the cookies are golden-colored and completely dry.

  10. During baking reverse the sheets top to bottom and front to back to insure even browning.

  11. Transfer cookies to racks to cool.

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