AK Cookies, Peter Meehan (Lucky Peach)

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Your favorite everyday cookie recipe? ("Passed down from a French ancestor named Nestlé Toulouse…”)

The one and only. I first took notice of this recipe in a 2014 issue of Lucky Peach (RIP!!) Author and cook Peter Meehan and his wife Hannah Clark first had these cookies while visiting friends in Anchorage, Alaska (aka: AK Cookie.) This cookie reps a kind of “crunchy granola” identity: roughly chopped dark chocolate or semisweet chips, coconut, walnuts and oats. This is a forgiving recipe to make an impressive chocolate chip cookie.

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Mary

@marybrazealMay 7, 2026

So funny, I basically have a vegan and gluten free version of your cookie recipe called “Cowgirl Cookies.” I love the coconut flakes, oats and nuts in them! https://minimalistbaker.com/1-bowl-cowgirl-cook...

@jillianvogelMay 9, 2026

I need the alt version for when we host kiddos with allergies, thank you!