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Skinny Texas Cowboy Cookies from The Food Charlatan
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Skinny Texas Cowboy Cookies

These low calorie cookies have NO sugar, NO white flour, and only 2 tablespoons of butter in the whole batch! What they do have are a ton of mix-ins. Oatmeal, coconut, bran flakes, pecans to name a few. They taste like a Texas Cowboy Cookie, but way better for you! (Which means I can eat half a batch...right?)
 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Chill Time30 minutes
Total Time51 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 18 Cookies
Calories: 154kcal
Author: The Food Charlatan

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter melted and cooled
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut packed
  • 1/4 cup pecans chopped
  • 1/4 cup Wheaties bran flakes
  • 6 tablespoons dark chocolate chips chopped
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup agave OR honey*
  • dark chocolate chips more to top with
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter chips (to top with. I used Reese's)

Instructions

  • Get out a large bowl and a medium bowl.
  • In the large bowl, melt the butter and coconut oil. Set aside to cool.
  • In the medium bowl, add the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and whisk together.
  • Next add the coconut, pecans, bran flakes, and chopped chocolate to the dry ingredients.
  • Add the vanilla and 1 egg to the wet ingredients. Whisk it in right away.
  • Add the honey or agave and stir.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together with a wooden spoon until it's incorporated. (Don't overdo it, stop when the flour streaks are gone.) The dough is quite sticky.
  • Cover the dough and let chill in the fridge for 30 minutes, or if you're in a rush you could do 15 minutes in the freezer.
  • Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
  • Shape the dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball. Use your hands to flatten them out a little bit. (see photos).
  • Place them on a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 11-13 minutes, or until they are just getting golden on the edges.
  • Immediately after coming out of the oven, press additional chocolate chips and peanut butter chips into the top of each cookie.
  • Let the cookies set on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.

Notes

*If you love honey flavor then by all means use it. The agave is a little more neutral. Either one works great!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 154kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Potassium: 102mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg