Jour: 20 février 2025

Stop by for a free homemade Cowboy Cookie. February 26th is Buffalo Bill’s 179th Birthday and Bill & Rosa’s Book Room  is celebrating with «Cowboy Cookie Day». The origins of "cowboy cookies" are unknown but Old West lore claims that they were eaten by cowboys as a high energy snack that could be easily carried in a saddle bag. Its a “drop” cookie mashup of oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies, Cowboy cookie dough typically includes flour, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, oat and coconut. It’s the oat/coconut combination that gives them their chewiness. But the really good stuff is up to the maker. The typical cookie includes a variety of rich ingredients, including chocolate and pecans. Substitute your favorite type of nut if you can’t find pecans which are a specialty of the American south. Other ideas are to add raisins, cranberries, M&Ms, butterscotch chips, corn flakes, rice krispies or pretzel pieces. A teaspoon of cinnamon is an option too. Cowboy cooki…