Cowboy Cookies

Ingredients
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all purpose flour
1 c. uncooked old fashioned oats
3/4 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. chopped nuts (I usually use pecans but sometimes use walnuts)
1/2 c. raisins
1/4 c. granulated sugar
2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. soda

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
Beat butter, egg and vanilla in a bowl until blended (mixture may appear curdled). Add remaining ingredients and stir until well mixed.
Drop two inches apart in rounded spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

As I was making these today, Joshua was enjoying watching. "Mommy, I'd like you to put chocolate chips in the cookies." he says. I told him that I was making cowboy cookies, so he'd just have to wait and see what all went in. He said, "Cowboys like chocolate chips." I couldn't help but to giggle. Then, as I added each ingredient he'd say, "Oh cowboys like vanilla. Cowboys like sugar. Cowboys like raisins..." I finished making the dough and had put the cookies into the oven. "Mommy?" he asks, "Cowboys ride horses, right?" "Yes, they do." I answered him. He then begins galloping across the kitchen. "Well., I'm a cowboy then." :) I like his way of thinking.

In His Precious Name,