Sunday, May 22, 2011

BAKED Sunday Mornings: Cowboy Cookies


This week's recipe is for cowboy cookies! I have to say that I've always been a fan of chocolate chip cookies that add in all different kinds of fun flavors. So it was surprising to me that I wasn't a huge fan of the compost cookies from Momofuku Milk Bar. But anyway, I was excited to make these cookies when I saw that crushed pretzels were one of the ingredients! I love salty & sweet together. This recipe also called for espresso powder and oats, in addition to chocolate chunks. I used chocolate chips because that's what I had. I probably should have left out the espresso powder because I'm not a huge fan of coffee flavor, but everyone else who tried these cookies loved them! I brought them to work and my co-workers gobbled them up. Even my mom liked these cookies and she usually doesn't like many sweets.


These cookies were really easy to make. As usual, I made a half batch. One difference was that they called for cool butter instead of room temperature butter. This was easy for me because I usually don't leave enough time for my butter to come to room temperature anyway when I'm baking. The recipe also called for chilling the dough for 4 hours in the refrigerator but I have to confess I got impatient and only chilled them for an hour and a half. I don't know how much of a difference that made though. These are a nice and easy cookie to make and the somewhat unusual combination of ingredients is something that most people enjoyed!

To see the recipe and how everyone else's cookies came out, head on over to Baked Sunday Mornings.

Enjoy!

8 comments:

  1. I like that the espresso powder adds a nice depth of flavor without being overwhelming. This is a great cookie that's easy to make -- nice job!

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  2. I loved that these were so easy to make and so delicious. Yours look perfect!

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  3. I liked the espresso powder addition also...I guess it is not for everyone. Your cookies look marvelous!

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  4. Like you, I found the use of that cold butter awfully appealing :) and wasnt going to pass this one up! Yours look wonderful!

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  5. Your cookies do look wonderful! I had a ton of fun baking these, and of course a lot more fun eating them!

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  6. I swapped out the expresso powder and used cocoa, and I don't have fridge space this week...not an inch, so I just had to bake the cookies without the fridge resting time, but I thought they turned out great. Nice your mom liked them...that's always fun. Good work.

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