Cowboy Cookies - The Best Cowboy Cookies
How To Make Cowboy Cookies
 

My daughter, Brenda Weller, says this are the best Cowboy Cookies ever. Once you make them, I know that you will agree with her.

Brenda says, "You can add whatever combinations of goodies that you like when making the cookies. I made a chocolate chip/white chocolate chip with coconut, pecans, and macadamia nuts that was yummy! The cookies I made had chocolate chip/butterscotch chips, toffee pieces, and almonds. The below recipes makes a big batch of cookies, so you don't need to double the recipes. I doubled the recipe the first time I made them, and I was giving away lots of cookies for a few days."

The Best Cowboy Cookies

1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups vegetable oil
4 eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
4 cups cereal (Corn Flakes or Rice Krispies), I prefer Rice Krispies
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, or macadamia nuts)
1 cup shredded coconut, raisins, dried cranberries, or white chocolate chips (optional)
1 (12-ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips or plain M&MS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

In a very large bowl, combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and the vegetable oil; mix well. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until well blended.

Sift in the flour and baking soda; add to the sugar mixture and mix thoroughly. Add rolled oats, cereal (Corn Flakes or Rice Krispies), and nuts. Add either coconut, raisins or chocolate and/or white chips; mix thoroughly

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let cookies set on the cookie sheets for a few minutes to cool (they will fall apart when you try moving them if you don't let them cool)

Yields 8 dozen cookies.