Cowboy Cookie Bars

Cowboy Cookie Bars

Jessie Cagliero
Recipes, Desserts, Cookies, Bars

These chewy bars are stuffed with all kinds of delicious ingredients and baked to perfection. Brown sugar, vanilla, coconut, oatmeal, chocolate, and pecans overload every bite!

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Why you’ll love cowboy cookie bars

These chewy bars are stuffed with all kinds of delicious ingredients and baked to perfection. Brown sugar, vanilla, coconut, oatmeal, chocolate, and pecans overload every bite!

I’ve always loved this flavor combination in a cookie, and now it’s even easier to make as a bar- you can mix all the ingredients in just one bowl and bake them up in one 8 x 8 inch baking dish! So easy to make and even easier to clean up!

Recipe Tips for the best cowboy cookie bars

When you are placing the dough into the pan, make sure to reach every corner and try to even out the top as much as possible. This will help them bake more evenly.

Do not over bake them. The key to a soft and chewy cookie is to pull them out of the oven as soon as they puff up in the center and turn light golden brown around the edges. The same is true for cookie bars. This is not a secret, but it makes a HUGE difference in the texture of your cookie, and I think it also makes them last a little longer too!

Recipe Variations

Make them vegan - swap the butter for vegan butter or oil (coconut oil would taste great in this recipe!) at a 1:1 ratio and swap the egg for 1 teaspoon baking soda mixed with 1 tablespoon white vinegar. Toss in some vegan chocolate chips and your set!

FAQ

  • Cookie bars are actually a bar dessert rather than a cookie. Cookies are shaped or dropped onto a pan in individual serving sizes, while cookie bars are baked in a baking dish as one piece and sliced into individual sized pieces. The flavor outcome is very similar, and I find bar cookies to be even faster and easier than cookies!

  • You either have too much flour in the recipe

    • Your dough will look crumbly and be hard to compact together. Add 1 tablespoon of melted and cooled unsalted butter at a time until until the dough is just able to stick together.

    Or you left the pan in the oven too long

    • Sorry, there is really no way to fix this. The next time you bake this recipe, set a timer and check the bars five minutes early, then you can watch them closely until they are ready - they should be just lightly golden brown around the edges and puffy in the middle.

  • There are a few different thoughts on how the name came into existence. These cookies could be named for their nourishing ingredients and their long lasting nature. They might also be named for their home state of Texas where the cookies supposedly originated.

  • Yes! Swap out any combination of the coconut, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips for things like raisins, walnuts, macadamia nuts, white, milk, or dark chocolate chips, etc. This recipe is very versatile and possibilities are endless!

Helpful Kitchen Tools

  • Spatula

  • Stand mixer or hand mixer

  • parchment paper

  • 8 x 8 inch baking dish

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar

  • ⅓ cup dark brown sugar

  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

  • 1 egg

  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

  • 1 cup all purpose flour

  • 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats, pulsed in the food processor

  • ¾ cup sweetened shredded coconut

  • ½ cup chopped pecans

  • ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

How to make cowboy cookie bars

Make the Dough

  1. Melt the butter and allow it to cool slightly.

  2. Preheat oven to 350℉. Line an 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper.

  3. In a large bowl add granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, baking soda, and salt and mix until well combined.

  4. Mix in the melted butter, scraping down the sides of the bowl.

  5. Mix in egg and vanilla.

  6. Add flour and mix until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl.

  7. Add old fashioned rolled oats and coconut and mix until well combined.

  8. Add chopped pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips and mix until distributed evenly.

  9. Pour the mixture into the parchment lined pan and spread it evenly to each corner.

Bake

  1. Pour the mixture into the parchment lined pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the edges become golden brown and the middle puffs up slightly.

  2. Let cool and set in the pan for about 1 hour or until bars are completely cooled.

How to Store

Store cowboy cookie bars at room temperature at room temperature in an air tight container for up to five days, or store in the refrigerator for up to five days. If stored in the refrigerator, let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, or pop in the microwave for five to ten seconds to warm to room temperature.

You can also freeze cowboy cookie bars easily. Just place (fully baked and cooled) in an air tight freezer container and store in the freezer for up to three months. Remove from the freezer and place in the refrigerator 24 hours prior to serving.

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Servings: 15
Author: Jessie Cagliero
Cowboy Cookie Bars

Cowboy Cookie Bars

These chewy bars are stuffed with all kinds of delicious ingredients and baked to perfection. Brown sugar, vanilla, coconut, oatmeal, chocolate, and pecans overload every bite!
Prep time: 20 minutesCook time: 20 minutesTotal time: 40 minutes
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Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the butter and allow it to cool slightly.
  2. Preheat oven to 350℉. Line an 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper.
  3. In a large bowl add granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, baking soda, and salt and mix until well combined.
  4. Mix in the melted butter, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  5. Mix in egg and vanilla.
  6. Add flour and mix until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  7. Add old fashioned rolled oats and coconut and mix until well combined.
  8. Add chopped pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips and mix until distributed evenly.
  9. Pour the mixture into the parchment lined pan and spread it evenly to each corner.
  10. Pour the mixture into the parchment lined pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the edges become golden brown and the middle puffs up slightly.
  11. Let cool and set in the pan for about 1 hour or until bars are completely cooled.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

228

Fat

13 g

Sat. Fat

7 g

Carbs

25 g

Fiber

2 g

Net carbs

23 g

Sugar

14 g

Protein

3 g

Sodium

76 mg

Cholesterol

28 mg

*Nutrition is auto-calculated by recipes generator.

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