Best 13 Trail Mix Cookies Recipes

TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Beat applesauce, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. In another bowl, use an electric mixer to beat egg whites until they are frothy and begin to firm up. Fold egg whites into applesauce mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Fold into the egg mixture. Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, walnuts, and cranberries. Drop by heaping teaspoons on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove immediately to wire racks to cool.

TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°F. Toast nuts and seeds and oats on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing once, until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl; let cool.
• Meanwhile, mix egg, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl; let sit until nuts are cool (this will make for a chewier cookie).
• Add dried fruit and chocolate to nut mixture; toss to combine. Give egg mixture a good stir, then stir in flour. Mix in nut mixture, smashing it against the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, until combined and mix-ins are evenly coated in dough. (It will look like too many mix-ins, but dough will come together as it chills.) Cover and chill at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.
• Reheat oven to 350°F. Using a ⅓-cup measure or #16 cookie scoop, portion out dough, packing firmly, to make 12 cookies. Divide between 2 parchment-lined baking sheets as you go. Using measuring cup or your hand, press cookies into 2½"-diameter disks about ¾" thick; sprinkle with sea salt.
• Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets top to bottom and front to back once, until golden brown and no longer wet-looking, 11-13 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets.
• Do Ahead: Cookies can be made 1 week ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

OATMEAL TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla until almost fluffy.
• In another bowl stir together flour, very finely chopped (should almost resemble powder) nuts, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Slowly add your powdered ingredients to your creamed ingredients while mixing.
• Mix well.
• Now stir in the oats and trail mix.
• Drop by scoop or teaspoon onto hot stone or slightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 11-14 minutes depending on cookie size.
• Remove cookies from baking sheet or stone right away and transfer to cooling racks.

OATMEAL - TRAIL MIX COOKIES (BREAKFAST-TO-GO)

Steps:

• Place rack in middle of oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
• Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper (or grease sheets).
• With mixer, beat together butter, shortening, and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Beat in egg, baking soda mixture, flour, salt and vanilla until just combined.
• Stir in oats, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts and raisins until well combined.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 4 inches apart onto baking sheets. With a fork flatten and spread each mound into a 3-inch round.
• Bake cookies, in batches, until golden, approximately10-12 minutes per batch.
• Transfer to rack to cool.
• Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Cream the shortening, brown sugar, honey and eggs together.
• Combine the flour, wheat germ, baking soda and salt.
• Add to the creamed mixture gradually and beat until blended.
• Stir in the oats, fruits, nuts, seeds and chocolate chips.
• Mix well.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden.
• Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer cookies to a rack and cool completely.

SUPER CHUNKY TRAIL MIX COOKIES (WHITE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat sugars, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda until well blended. Stir in candies, peanuts and raisins.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly with bottom of drinking glass.
• Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely; store tightly covered.

HOMEMADE TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix almonds, cranberries, peanuts, and candy pieces together to make trail mix.
• Mix oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat in butter, honey, egg, and vanilla extract using an electric mixer or wooden spoon until dough is thoroughly combined. Fold in trail mix.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set and bottoms of cookies are golden brown, about 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

CHUNKY TRAIL MIX BREAKFAST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Spray two baking sheets with nonstick pan spray.
• In the bowl of your mixer combine the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Beat on medium high speed until lightened and fluffy.
• Add in the eggs and liquid milk, mix until well combined. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl once or twice.
• On low speed mix in the flour, dried milk, cinnamon and salt. Mix until the dough is cohesive. Add last 6 ingredients until combined.
• Use a 1/4 cup to measure out batter. Place 2 inches apart, slightly flattening each mound. This recipe contains no leaveners, so the cookies will only spread and rise slightly.
• Bake the cookies for 18-20 minutes, until lightly browned. Do not over-bake or the cookies will be dry and crumbly. Cool on cookie sheets for 5-8 minutes. Move to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

PEANUT BUTTER TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream butter and brown sugar until smooth.
• Add peanut butter and blend well.
• Mix in egg white, banana and vanilla.
• Add flours, flax seed meal, baking powder and salt and stir until well mixed.
• Add oatmeal and stir until soft dough forms.
• If the trail mix has large chunks (like dried pineapple), cut into smaller chunks, then measure to make 1 cup.
• Stir trail mix into the batter.
• You can either drop the dough by heaping teaspoonsful onto the cookie sheet (sprayed with cooking spray) or shape the batter a litte into flattened balls of dough. I like to shape them a bit.
• Place the cookies about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 - 12 minutes or until set.

GLUTEN-FREE TRAIL MIX CRISP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and lightly oil the paper.
• Whisk egg, coconut butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; add sugar and whisk until light and fluffy. Stir flour, trail mix, tapioca starch, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves into egg mixture until evenly-mixed. Drop dough by the teaspoonful 2-inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned around the edges, 7 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet until crisped, 5 to 10 minutes.

HEARTY TRAIL MIX COOKIES - JAR MIX

Steps:

• *Jar Mix Instructions*.
• In 1-quart jar, pack brown sugar on bottom and level.
• Pour sugar in jar and level.
• Pour oats in jar and level.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, mixing well.
• Spoon flour mixture into jar and level.
• Sprinkle in raisins, leveling as necessary.
• Sprinkle coconut over raisins and level.
• Sprinkle M&M's and place lid on jar.
• *Preparation Instructions*.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Empty jar contents into large bowl.
• Add egg and butter.
• Beat on low speed to blend.
• Drop heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10- 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.

TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Beat sugars, peanut butter, butter, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda thoroughly. Stir in candies, peanuts and raisins.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet; flatten slightly with fork.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat sugars, peanut butter, butter, shortening, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda thoroughly. Stir in candies, peanuts and raisins.
• On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly with fork.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.