Cowboy Cookie with a Soft Middle

Cowboy Cookie with a Soft Middle keeps the shopping list focused on all-purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda. It serves 24 Taxas-sized cookies.

Count on 15 minutes of prep, 17 minutes of cooking, about 32 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• ⅔ cup sweetened flaked coconut
• ⅔ cup chopped pecans

How the cooking goes

1. Warm the oven to 350°F and line 2 sheet pans with baking paper.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Keep it to one side.
3. In the bowl of a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or with an electric mixer, beat the ambient temperature butter on medium speed until the texture looks smooth and creamy, approximately 1 minute. Gradually add the sugars and beat on medium speed to combine, approximately 2 minutes.
4. Put eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then add the vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
5. Mix in the flour mixture in several additions with a spatula, wooden spoon, or electric mixer on the lowest speed until the mix just comes together.
6. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans. Stir to combine.
7. Drop ¼ cup cookie dough onto lined or ungreased sheet pans, 3 inches apart.
8. Oven-bake for 17-19 minutes, rotating after 10 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

After it comes off the heat

Cool the sheet on a rack before the pieces are stacked. A covered tin keeps them for a few days.

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