Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies
A sweet treat fit for a president.
Servings 24 Large Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups light-brown sugar packed
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups sweetened flake coconut
- 2 cups chopped pecans
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
- In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars to combine, 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 in 350°F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.
Notes
Tip
Recipe update June 2022: This recipe yields 24 large cookies—the recipe calls for 1/4 cup of dough per cookie. Some might even call these cowboy cookies giant. The measurements for baking powder and baking soda (1 tablespoon of each) are correct in ratio to the amount of flour.
Recipe update June 2022: This recipe yields 24 large cookies—the recipe calls for 1/4 cup of dough per cookie. Some might even call these cowboy cookies giant. The measurements for baking powder and baking soda (1 tablespoon of each) are correct in ratio to the amount of flour.