Our Favorite Gluten Free Cowboy Cookies

These gluten free cowboy cookies will satisfy all of your cookie cravings! Filled with shredded coconut, gluten free rolled oats, pecans, and chocolate chips, these cookies have all of our favorite things.

I am long overdue for another sinful gluten free cookie recipe. Have you missed those chewy cookies with tons of chocolate chips as much as I have?

These coconut gluten free chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make quickly. If you prefer a more classic cookie, this gluten free chocolate chip walnut cookie recipe is amazing!

My kids are becoming notorious for sneaking gluten free chocolate chip cookies and other treats out of the kitchen in record time. It doesn't even matter what kind of cookie, they steal these Gluten Free Chocolate Cream Sandwich Cookies too!

If you are a gluten free cookie fanatic like me, you will want to check out all of my best gluten free cookie recipes.

Ingredient notes:

• Gluten free flour blend - Gluten free flour blend - I tested this recipe using Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour Blend and King Arthur's Measure for Measure Gluten Free Blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
• Gluten free oats - When you bake recipes that require oats, make sure you use certified gluten free oats!!  Cross-contamination of oats is very common and getting sick is just no fun!
• Xanthan gum - If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain xanthan gum or guar gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
• Shredded coconut - I recommend using unsweetened since there is already sugar in this cookie recipe
• Pecans - You can also use walnuts or macadamia nuts if you prefer.
• Butter - To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.

There are many brands of certified gluten free oats to choose from.

Recipe step by step directions: 

Step 1: Add all of the dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk to blend. You can use dark chocolate chips, bittersweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and even white chocolate chips! Choose your favorite!!

Step 2: Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. You can make this easy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe in just one bowl for easy cleanup!

Step 3: Your gluten free cookie dough should be soft, not firm, like in this photo. Use your cookie scoop to drop cookie balls onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.

Step 4: The cookie dough balls are ready to bake. Bake these cookies at 350º F for 10 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack. 

Allow cooling if you have patience :-). Take a bite of these gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and let me know what you think!! I have a full Gluten Free Cookie Troubleshooting Guide if you need help baking.

Mix-in ideas:

• Pecans
• White chocolate chips
• Raisins
• Caramel bits
• Heath Bar 

Tips and Recipe FAQ:

Click here to see all of the cookie recipes on this blog. You can also use this recipe to make easy Gluten Free Cookie Mix in mason jars for easy gift-giving!

More delicious gluten free cookies to try!

• If you love almond joy flavors, these Gluten Free Almond Joy Cookie Bars are so good.
• Brookies are a cross between a cookie and a brownie! Easy Gluten Free Chocolate Brookies Cookies
• This gluten free cookie recipe is great anytime. Gluten Free Vanilla Crescent Cookies melt in your mouth!

📖 Recipe

Gluten Free Cowboy Cookies

Sandi Gaertner

Easy gluten free cowboy cookies filled with coconut, gluten free whole oats, pecans, and chocolate chip cookies

4.52 from 47 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 minutes mins

Total Time 18 minutes mins

Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 24 cookies

Calories 144 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 ¼ cups gluten free oats * see note
• ▢ 1 ¼ cup gluten free flour blend * see note
• ▢ ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• ▢ ¼ cup walnuts or pecans
• ▢ 1 cup brown sugar
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butter melted
• ▢ ⅓ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350º F.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk to blend.
• In a small bowl, add wet ingredients and mix.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix.
• Use a cookie scoop to make cookie dough balls.
• Put onto the cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
• Allow to cool on a cooling rack.

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Notes

1. I have tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure GF and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
2. If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain xanthan gum or guar gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
3. To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.
4. Use unsweetened shredded coconut.
5. Make sure to use certified gluten free rolled oats. 
6. These cookies will keep up to 4 days in the refrigerator. 
7. Freeze in a zipper-style freezer bag. Lay flat until they are frozen.

SPECIAL NOTE

Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 90mgPotassium: 49mgFiber: 2gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 144IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg

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