Little Cowpoke Cookies Recipes

NO-BAKE "COW PILE" COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, cocoa, milk, and vanilla. Bring to a slow boil and simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the peanut butter and 2 1/2 cups oats. The mixture should be thick; stir in additional 1/2 cup oats if too runny. Let the mixture stand for about 10 minutes to cool.
• Line a baking sheet with wax paper or parchment paper. Drop the mixture by heaping tablespoonful onto the lined sheet. Let the cookies stand at room temperature for 1 hour to firm up. Store in an airtight container.

LITTLE PEEPER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375° F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until dough forms. On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Stir frosting and 2 to 3 drops food color until well blended. Frost and decorate 1 cookie at a time. After spreading frosting on cookie, add chocolate chip halves for eyes, yellow candy-coated licorice for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet.

COWBOY COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients. Stir in the rolled oats and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing.

COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
• In a very large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in sugars, and combine thoroughly.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
• Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
• For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.

LITTLE GEM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine first 3 ingredients using a food processor. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. In a small bowl, beat the yolks with the vanilla extract and add to the flour mixture. Beat until completely blended. Pinch off pieces of dough and roll into balls. Place on the lined cookie sheet. Make indentation with thumb, fill the hole with preserves and press on a pecan half. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

SIMPLE LITTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly butter a large cookie sheet, or -- better -- line it with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and honey.
• Beat in the egg and almond extract.
• Stir in the oat flakes, coconut and almonds.
• Let the dough sit for 5 minutes before spooning it out.
• Use a melon-baller or spoon to press the mixture against the side of the bowl, then slide the cookie gently onto the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until just lightly browned around the edges.
• Remove to a rack to cool.

GRANDMA'S CLASSIC NO-BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa powder in a large saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add oats, peanut butter, and vanilla extract; mix until thoroughly combined. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto sheets of waxed paper. Let cool until solid, 20 to 30 minutes.

LITTLE COWPOKE COOKIES

Steps:

• I TRY USING ORGANIC WHENEVER POSSIBLE. I FEEL THIS CHANGES THE FLAVOR AT BIT.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In very large bowl add brown sugar and granulated (white) sugar.
• Cut butter in slices to make it easier to mix with dry ingredients. Then add slices of butter to brown and white sugar. Do not melt butter.
• Using a whisk whisk the 2 eggs until well mixed then add to the sugars and the butter slices.
• Add the real vanilla (Not imitation) to the large bowl.
• Add flour, baking soda, salt and oats. No need to sift.
• Add coconut.
• While chopped walnuts are still in the unopened bag smash them with your fist or heel of your hand so that there are very small pieces then add to the large bowl.
• Using a hand mixer mix until your mixer starts to get bogged down or can't turn in the dough. Then use a fork to mix ingredients well making sure all ingredients are mixed thoroughly.
• Using your hands make small 1 in balls rolling tightly in your hand.
• Place up to 15 dough balls on light colored (as opposed to the darker cookie sheets) and bake for 12 minutes give or take a minute or two due to not all ovens being exactly a like.
• Cool cookies on parchment paper and NOT on cooling racks.
• Store cookies in large plastic container to keep fresh for up to a week.