Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

By aggiemom220

Ingredients

• 3 c. flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 tbsp. baking soda
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 sticks butter at room temperature
• 1½ c. white sugar
• 1½ c. packed light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tbsp. vanilla
• 3 c. semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 c. old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 c. sweetened flake coconut
• 2 c. chopped pecans (8 oz.)

Preparation

Step 1

1-preheat oven to 350 degrees
2-mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon,
and salt in a bowl
3-in a separate bowl, beat butter on med. speed till
smooth and creamy (about 1 min.)
4-in same bowl, gradually beat in sugars and continue
beating for about 2 mins.
5-beat in eggs, one at a time, and add the vanilla
6-stir in flour mixture from first bowl into
the second bowl until just combined
7-add choc. chips, oats, coconut, and pecans
8-for each cookie, drop ¼ c. of dough onto
an ungreased cookie sheet, spaced 3 in. apart.
9 bake for 17-20 mins. (until edges are golden brown)