{"id":24517,"date":"2018-10-15T07:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=24517"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:14:16","slug":"cowboy-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/15\/cowboy-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/15\/cowboy-cookies\/cowboycookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CowboyCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cowboy Cookies are a combo of two classic cookies &#8211; chocolate chip and oatmeal, all rolled into one cookie, and they&#8217;re delicious!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 cup vegetable shortening<\/li>\n<li>1 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 cups rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>With an electric mixer, cream shortening and sugars together, then add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour mixture, then the rolled oats, vanilla, and chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Drop by tablespoons on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Makes four and a half dozen cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboy Cookies are a combo of two classic cookies &#8211; chocolate chip and oatmeal, all rolled into one cookie, and they&#8217;re delicious!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,4126,1071,2932],"class_list":["post-24517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-chocolate-chips","tag-cookies","tag-oatmeal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6nr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46632,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/white-chocolate-cranberry-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":24517,"position":0},"title":"White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year when I start stockpiling cookie dough in my freezer to bake in the upcoming weeks. 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