This is the amazing Cowboy Cookie for which Margie Lapanja is famous, and righteously so. She graciously, generously revealed her recipe in Goddess in the Kitchen: 201 Heavenly Recipes, Spirited Stories, and Saucy Secrets. If you are reading this blog right now, and you have somehow never read Goddess in the Kitchen, switch off your computer immediately. Tear off down to your local library or a bookstore near you, and lay hand on a copy, for it is a superbly entertaining read.
I've been baking Margie's cookies since 2000 when I was on a quest for the ultimate cookie recipe. When my family tasted this one, we knew the search was over. Since then both children and adults ask for this cookie by name. My sisters refer to it as THE cookie, like this: "I'll be out to see you next week. Will you be making THE cookie?"
My favorite river rat asked for Cowboy Cookies, arguably the ultimate high energy snack with all that coconut, oatmeal, and chocolate. It's blasphemous to change this particular recipe, but I still adjust it slightly for altitude . My family loves coconut, so all the nuts are coconut when I make these. Watch these vigilantly so they don't burn. The old Whirlpool bakes them to perfection in about 8 minutes.
In conclusion Margie's Cowboy Cookies were a hit on the Arkansas. People who normally won't eat carbs, especially sugar, indulged and were glad they did.
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