Cooking with Kids-Cowboy Cookie Recipe
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Cowboy cookies are yummy and full of healthy ingredients. Click here for the best ever cowboy cookies recipe to cook with your kids. It just takes a little planning to learn how to teach kids cooking classes.
These cookies are super soft and moist, plus they have fruit and whole grains that make them a winning choice for snacks for you and your kids to share. And who doesn’t want to eat cowboy cookies?
Each year, I make a cookbook full of recipes I make with the kids and it shows pictures of them cooking them. I give it to the parents for Christmas. I think it’s a wonderful gift! Click here to check them out.
When cooking with kids, I always have everyone wash their hands first thing. We need to be relentless about not spreading germs and about teaching kids how to prevent that.
Once their hands are clean (and ours are too) let them peel the sticks of butter and add them to the recipe.
Next they can add sugar and applesauce.
Then they can add the eggs and vanilla and mix it up well.
Best ever cowboy cookies
When I cook with my kids I measure everything out ahead of time and have it ready in containers. It depends on the age of the kids whether this can be done by them or you.
Baking does require fairly exact measurements, so if they are young, it’s best to make sure the measurements are accurate for them. When cooking, I tend to let them have more of artistic decisions in the amounts.
Once the wet ingredients are well incorporated, add the dry ingredients to the recipe. Mix well and then add the chocolate chips and coconut. Stirring is a great step that gives all the kids a chance to take a turn if you have multiple children you are working with.
Once the best ever cowboy cookies are mixed well, let the kids drop them by spoonful onto a cookie sheet and get them in the oven. I use a cookie scoop with my kids which is also great for building motor muscles in their hands. Plus they are so darned cute doing it!
Healthy cowboy cookies
Get in the kitchen with your kids today! You’ll love the time you spend together. Click on the category cooking with kids to the right for more recipes to cook with your kids. For more recipes kids can make, click here.
Best Ever Cowboy Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 C. Butter
- 1 C. Sugar
- 1 C. Applesauce
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 2 C. Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 2 C. Oats
- 1 C. Chocolate Chips
- 3/4 C. Coconut
Instructions
- Wash hands.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix butter, sugar, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Drop by tablespoons full onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
More Little Sprouts cookies:
- Best soft Christmas chocolate chip cookies (I’m world famous for these as well)
- Air fryer Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pumpkin Cookies
- Air fryer peanut butter cookies (cook in 8 minutes)
