Cowgirl Cookies - Just Hold the Nuts

I wanted to make something new.  And I wanted to do something with these chia seeds that I bought a few months ago with high self-expectations of becoming healthy.  (Before all those New Years Resolutions popped in...)  And then I also figured out this holiday season that I'm no longer allergic to coconut.  So it was pretty much a trifecta pointing me in this direction. 

Have you ever had Cowboy Cookies?  They are awesome.  Like, I saw them at this bakery yesterday, and I wanted to move in there and just eat Cowboy Cookies all day long, awesome.  JFGI.  And since I always think I can do things better, I attempted.  Here's my attempt... 

Cowgirl Cookies are like Cowboy Cookies, except healthy, and nut-less.  (Like Cowgirls)

Recipe:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

2 sticks (1 cup) butter - softened to room temperature
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar

2 eggies
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats (don't waste your time with instant or stuff like that)
1/8 cup (I think that's like 2 tablespoons) chia seeds (they're good for you, JFGI)
1 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup butterscotch chips
3/4 cup shredded coconut

As you would with all cookie recipes,  mix together your butter and two sugars.  Once they are creamy, add in the eggs and vanilla and mix that up until they are just incorporated. 

In a separate bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients - flour, baking soda/powder, and salt.  Slowly (in 3 parts) add this to your butter/sugar/eggs combo.  Mix them until they are just combined.  

With a wooden spoon add in, one at a time, the oats, chia, chippies, and coconut.  This part takes some elbow grease, so get your guns out.  (Not literally, just figuratively.)

Scoop them onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet with a tablespoon or cookie scoop.  (Just a side note - the rationale behind making these into huge cookies is that they have so many great parts, the oats, the chia, the chips and coconut, that if you made small ones, you might miss something.  So huge it is.  Bigger is always better.

Bake at 350°F for about 11 minutes, until the edges are browned and the tops are tan-ish.  If you want them crispy, bake them for longer.  I like my cookies soft, so I tend to under bake.  Let them cool on a wire rack then enjoy!  

Makes approx 2 dozen large cookies

(can you see those cute little chia seeds?)