Texas Cow Chips Recipes

LAURA BUSH'S COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
• In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
• Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
• For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
• Bake in 350°F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.

TEXAS COW CHIPS

Steps:

• beat butter and sugars together until blended.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• In separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; gradually add to sugar mixture and stir well.
• Sir in remaining ingredients.
• Drop cookies with a 1/4 cup measuring cup onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, 6 to a sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack.

COWCHIP COOKIE

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter, margarine, salt, sugars and vanilla together until blended. Add eggs and beat until smooth and fluffy.
• 2. In a very large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix in all the remaining ingredients (oats, cornflakes, nuts, coconut and the chocolate chips).
• 3. Then fold in sugar, butter, egg mixture until blended.
• 4. Refrigerate the dough for about 3 hours. The cookies will hold their shape better if the dough is chilled.
• 5. Using an ice-cream scoop to measure, drop the cookies onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees 12-15 minutes. Cool on wax paper or wire rack. * Store in an airtight container between sheets of wax paper.