Cowboy Cookies
 
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The best cookie recipe ever. You can not feed these to someone without them asking for the recipe!
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Adapted From: Patrick-Goudreau, Colleen. "Cowboy Cookies." The 30 Day Vegan Challenge
Serves: 30 cookies
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup non dairy butter (Ex: Earth Balance baking sticks), softened
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 flax egg (3 tbsp water mixed with 1 tbsp ground flax seeds)
  • 2 cups quick cooking oats
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup spelt flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅓ cup coconut
  • ½ cup walnut pieces (or ½ cup broken up pretzels chocolate chip size if nut free)
  • ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or use unlined stone cookie sheets.
  2. Use an electric stand mixer to mix the non dairy butter and brown sugar until creamy and fully blended.
  3. Add vanilla and flax egg and beat until light and fluffy.
  4. Stir in oats, all purpose and spelt flours, baking soda, salt and coconut and mix until just incorporated.
  5. Finally add chocolate chips and walnuts and stir to combine.
  6. Place golf ball sized balls on cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
  7. Bake for 14-15 minutes until the tops are firm and edges golden.
  8. Cool for 5 minutes.
Recipe by WHAT the HECK do I eat NOW at http://whattheheckdoieatnow.com/2015/09/14/cowboy-cookies/