The Cowboy Cookie is a staple in Texas sweet tooth culture and serves as the "Official Cookie of Texas." Yet, its origin is as dusty as a Hill Country trail.  The story is that they were eaten by cowboys to sustain them on long trail rides.The traditional recipe made famous by one of America’s finest First Ladies during a national cookie bake-off is great; however, we could not resist the urge to create our own salty-sweet version with coconut, pecans, chocolate, golden raisins, corn chips, toffee  copiously chunked into our house made Sweet Cream custard.