{"id":45826,"date":"2025-09-08T06:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=45826"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:57:57","slug":"cowboy-blondies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/cowboy-blondies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Blondies"},"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-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=\"alignnone 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\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/cowboy-blondies\/cowboybars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" 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=\"CowboyBars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CowboyBars.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Cowboy Blondies are chock full of everything good &#8211; peanut butter, coconut, pecans, oats, and chocolate chips. The fellas are crazy about them, and I do believe they&#8217;ll be making the holiday cookie cut! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup oats<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped pecans\/walnuts<\/li>\n<li>1 cup coconut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat butter, light brown sugar, eggs peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Add in flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into pan, and smooth out top with a rubber spatula. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Test with a toothpick, let cool on a wire rack, then remove from pan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboy Blondies are chock full of everything good &#8211; peanut butter, coconut, pecans, oats, and chocolate chips. The fellas are crazy about them, and I do believe they&#8217;ll be making the holiday cookie cut!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,2986,6003],"class_list":["post-45826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-bar-cookies","tag-cowboy-blondies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bV8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16924,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/08\/06\/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-coconut-oatmeal-bars\/","url_meta":{"origin":45826,"position":0},"title":"Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Coconut Oatmeal Bars","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Try saying THAT fast three times! 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