Cowboy Cookies

Cowboy Cookies

(Recipe from Vegan Cookies Invade York Cookie Jar- a great book)

These are fantastic. They are hearty, chewy, chocolatey, and the use of dark brown sugar gives them a caramely taste. They are almost like a seven-layer bar, in cookie form. Its really, really hard to eat just one.

2 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour
2 cups oats
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup nondairy milk
2/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 tbsp. ground flaxseed
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup semisweet vegan chocolate chips
1/2-1 cup lightly toasted chopped pecans

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Start by combining the flour, oats, baking powder and soda, and salt, in a medium bowl and set aside.

In a larger bowl, using a hand mixer, combine the oil, sugars, vanilla, and flaxseed.

Fold in the flour mixture a third at a time, and then mix until they are completely combined.

Slowly fold in the chocolate, coconut, and pecans.

Roll dough (it will be sticky-don't worry!) into balls on two greased cookie sheets and bake until the cookies are slightly golden brown (10-15 minutes)