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Vegan Cowboy Cookies Mix makes great Jar gifts for the Holiday Season. Layer oats, flour, coconut, chocolate sugar and pecans. Mix, add applesauce and oil, and bake. 1 Bowl Coconut Oatmeal Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies Vegan Recipe Can be gluten-free.
It’s time to whip up food gifts, meet up with friends, cook together and spend the long (and generally wet out here) cold evenings by the fireplace. As much as I love Summer and long days, a bit of slow down and catch up is helpful to recharge for the new year. Lets start up some jar gifts with these warm, buttery, chewy vegan Cowboy cookies.
These Coconut, Oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies are super tasty and make a great mix to gift. Layer everything nicely in a jar. To Bake, empty into a bowl, add applesauce and oil, chill, shape and bake. I am wondering why it took me so long to make these cookies. They are just the right amount of chewy, fun, delicious and also make great snack cookies.
Use small flaked coconut to make the cookies less chewy and less crumbly. The mix can keep for months!
More cookies from the blog
- PB Chickpea Cookie Pie- Can be nut-free. GF
- Lemon Chia Cookies. GF option
- Peanut/Almond butter Pecan Cookies
- Almond Butter Oatmeal Cookies. GF oil-free
- Ginger Tahini Cookies
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookies with coconut oil
More Jar gifts
- Chocolate Pumpkin Cake mix in a jar.
- Mexican Hot chocolate Mix in a Jar.
- Coconut Macaroons Mix in a Jar. GF
- Coconut Chutney Mix and Dosa Crepe Mix in a Jar
- Dal tadka- Indian spiced Lentil Soup mix in a jar.
Put the entire jar into a bowl. Mix well.
Add applesauce and oil and mix them lightly, then mix into the dry.
Chill, then bake.
Vegan Cowboy Cookies Mix in a Jar
Ingredients
Jar:
- 1 cup flour, (I use unbleached white flour, See notes for gluten-free option)
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup oats
- 2/3 cup shredded coconut, , use 1/2 cup for less coconutty
- 3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips, ,I use a mix of regular and mini size
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 3 tbsp chopped pecans
To make the Cookies:
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp applesauce
- 1/3 cup + 1 to 2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, optional
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, soda, salt and 1/4 cup sugar. Whisk well and set aside.
- In a 4 cup(32 oz) mason jar, add the oats, then add coconut, tap to settle, then add chocolate chips, then 1/2 cup sugar. Tap to settle. Add the flour mixture. Tap a couple of times to settle, so that there is space for the pecans. Add the chopped pecans. Add as many as you can.
- Close the lid. Add instructions and store.
Bake the cookies: (Instructions on the Jar)
- Empty the contents of the jar in a large bowl. Mix well to combine. Make a well a center. (see note if not making a jar)
- Add applesauce, 1/3 cup oil and vanilla extract and whisk them in the center to mix a bit.
- Then mix in with the dry ingredients. Press down and mix for a few seconds. Add a tbsp more oil if needed and mix in. The dough should start to come together even though crumbly. Chill the mixture for an hour for best results.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a sheet with parchment. Make flat discs of the dough and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 11 to 13 mins, depending on size. Cool for 10 mins. Store on the counter for upto 2 days or refrigerate for longer.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made these for family (hubby, kids, son-in-law, grandkids.) A definite winner of a recipe! I rarely bake cookies to have on hand ‘cuz I’m too tempted to eat them. This recipe will most likely become my “go to” cookie recipe for when I bake cookies!
Thats so awesome!!
If I pre-make the dough, instead of just the dry ingredients, can this recipe be frozen for later?
i think so, shape the cookies and freeze andbake later, or freeze baked cookies
Absolutely delicious!
Didn’t have pecans so made them with hazelnuts and walnuts – so good! Also gf with rice/almonds/cornflour which turned out great!
Thanks for a great recipe!
Tried these out today (minus the pecans) and everyone loved them! Loved how they got crispy after they cooled!
awesome!
Made them oil free by subing the oil with apple sauce straight up and works perfectly. I doubled the recipe as well, cause more . 🙂
awesome
Hi Richa,
I made these cookies and wanted to let you know my results: First off I had NO baking soda or baking powder. I now live in Spain and what is used alot is “levadura” which in fact in NOT yeast but is a mix of rice flour, a “gasifier” (snicker!), sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and a stabilizer. It is a dry powder that comes in envelope. I used a whole envelope hoping I might get some lift for these cookies.
Unfortunately, my problems didn’t end there. Midway through mixing the ingredients, I discovered the only oil I had in the apartment was about 4 tablespoons of olive oil . So I used that and added a 4 tablespoons of sunflower seed butter. I also used walnuts in place of pecans and add some chopped dried cherries. Well, they DID NOT rise at all and came out looking like energy balls. However, my husband (resident recipe tester!) took one bite and quickly declared them the best cookie I’ve ever made! I had agree the flavors are spot-on. I will definitely be making these again with or with baking soda/powder. Long live improvisation!!!
😀 I am glad they worked out in the end. Do try them with baking powder
I add orange zest. can’t stop tasting the dough lol and baked cookies as well ! I’m excited to bake it for my friends next time ;D
awesome!
I want to make these and I’m out of applesauce. What can I sub instead?
pumpkin puree or mashed banana
Thank you for your wonderful recipes! I’m reading through, haven’t made them yet. I’d like to make these cookies, and am wondering what you mean by starch in the gluten free note. I do wish not to use flour if possible, wish it could be flour free. Thanks! Could I use ground oats? I guess I’d be making flour then , lol. Thanks for your help:-)! Do love almond flour though!
yes you can use use oat flour or ground up oats. 🙂 When using gluten-free flour like oat, i usually add a tbsp or 2 of starch for better binding as otherwise the cookies can be crumbly.
Dear Richa, I have made these cookies yesterday and they are wonderful. I have substituted the chocolate chips for chopped golden raisins that I have soaked in rum. Cowboy slowly shape-shifted into Hawaiian dream 🙂 Very good, will definitely be making them again! Thank you!
that sounds wonderful!!