Go Back Email Link

Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

Servings:3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) butter, room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 ½ cups light brown sugar, packed
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2 cups sweetened flake coconut
  • 2 cups (8 ounces) chopped pecans

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
  • In an 8-quart bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars to combine, about 2 minutes.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
  • Stir in flour mixture until just combined. add chocolate chips, oats, coconut, and pecans.
  • For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
  • Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.