Wahoo! Ride ’em Cowboy Cookies [Vegan]

Posted on September 8, 2012 | 8 Comments

Today is Saturday and that means football!  These are a tailgating favorite.  You could dump just about anything you wanted into these in terms of chip, or chip-like substance.  Sub different flavored chocolate chips, use toffee chips, peanut butter chips if you like (the later will flip your cookies from vegan to vegetarian).  I like these because they come together in a flash and the only person that I’ve found that doesn’t like ’em is my friend Andrea and that is because she is allergic to coconut (which is a horrible thing to be allergic to).  I scooped a few out before the coconut so she wouldn’t miss out 😉Image

photo:  Hell Yeah It’s Vegan

Ingredients
  • 2 c unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1½ c vegan butter
  • 1½ c granulated sugar
  • 1½ c light brown sugar
  • 1/2 c applesauce (this subs for your egg and oil)
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 3 c flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp baking soda
  • 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 c vegan chocolate chips, Ghiradelli brand is accidentally vegan
  • 3 c rolled oats
  • 2 c chopped pecans, toasted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Measure coconut into a small bowl and stir in 1 tbsp warm water and 2 tbsp sugar; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, whip the butter until fluffy, add sugars and cream together until smooth.
  4. Add applesauce and vanilla and beat.
  5. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, powder, soda, and spices.
  6. Add to wet ingredients and beat until well mixed.
  7. Fold in the coconut, nuts, oats and chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
  8. Use an scoop to form balls of dough for jumbo cookies, and flatten slightly.
  9. Bake on greased sheets for 10-12 minutes, or until golden.

Adapted from Hell Yeah It’s Vegan and Vegan Cookies Invade the Cookie Jar by Isa

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8 responses to “Wahoo! Ride ’em Cowboy Cookies [Vegan]”

  1. Gail Pickens-Barger | September 8, 2012 at 10:51 am | Reply

    Are you by any chance talking about the Oklahoma State University Cowboys? Gaileee

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  2. April | September 10, 2012 at 12:58 pm | Reply

    Sounds like you could make these without the coconut? Do you think if you did they would hold together OK?

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  3. Adrienne | September 10, 2012 at 12:59 pm | Reply

    Totally. I made the first 2 dozen without coconut for Andrea before I added it in for the rest. Those without coconut cooked about 1 minute faster.

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  4. elorahd | December 9, 2012 at 4:50 pm | Reply

    Can someone please tell me how many this recipe makes??

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  5. elorahd | December 9, 2012 at 7:31 pm | Reply

    Has anyone calculated the nutritional values for this? I’m getting about 230 cals per cookie if you make 5 dozen. Does that sound right?

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