Cowboy Cookies AND a Giveaway (GIVEAWAY CLOSED)

My son wasn't feeling well recently so we decided to make cookies together because surely they would make him feel better (they did). While we were preparing the ingredients for these cookies my son said that he thought we should also add white chocolate chips to the mix... I love that he is already adapting recipes to suit his 5 year old tastes. These cowboy cookies turned out to be one of my very favorite cookies - EVER. I loved the combination of ingredients and how soft and chewy the cookies were. My son loved them and said they really made him feel better and my daughter was thrilled to come home from school to freshly baked cookies.

Cowboy Cookies:

Adapted recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net

Original recipe by Martha Stewart

• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup of oats
• 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup of sweetened shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup pecans pieces

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silpat mat.

Sift together the flour baking soda, salt, and baking powder until well mixed.

In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla then continue to beat until well combined.

Slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until mixed well. Add the oats, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans. Mix until just combined.

Spoon the dough onto the silpat lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack to continue cooling. Enjoy.

Click here for a printable version of this recipe - For the Love of Cooking.net

GIVEAWAY CLOSED ~ WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN:

I have a great giveaway for you guys! I was contacted by Jessie Steele to offer one of my LUCKY readers a beautiful apron of their choice. I love, love, love these aprons - they are so cute and fashionable yet totally functional. For my male readers, though the aprons may not suit your tastes, I am sure your wives, sisters, mothers, daughters, or girlfriends would love them, so go ahead and enter to win too!

To enter the giveaway simply leave a comment. I will be announcing the winner on Monday May 9, 2011. Good luck!

Here are a just a few of their beautiful aprons you will be able to choose from: