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Cowgirl Cookies

Servings: 36

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 14 tablespoon 1 ¾ sticks unsalted butter, cool but not cold, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups mini peanut butter cups or semisweet chocolate chunks
  • ¾ cups salty pretzels broken into tiny pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and oats and mix to combine.
  • Set aside.
  • In large bowl with electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the egg and egg yolk, beating until the mixture looks light an fluffy, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  • Add vanilla and beat for another 5 seconds.
  • Add half the dry ingredients and mix for 15 seconds.
  • Add second half and beat until just incorporated.
  • Finally, fold in the mini peanut butter cups (or chocolate chunks) and the pretzel pieces.
  • The book recommended to chill the dough for 4 hours but I don't have the patience for that so I didn't. I'm going to let you in on a little secret: they still turned out great! So chill or don't chill...it's up to you!
  • After chilling (or not), form cookie dough into 2 tablespoon sized balls and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 11-13 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
  • If you bake 2 sheets at a time, make sure to rotate the pans halfway through the baking time.
  • Cool on pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Enjoy!!