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Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies




Source of Recipe


First Lady Laura Bush


Recipe Introduction


Actual name of Laura Buh's entry to the Good Morning America cookie cook-off is: Texas Governor’s Mansion Cowboy Cookies


List of 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 (3 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
2 cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)


Recipe



1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
3. In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars; beat to combine, 2 minutes.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
5. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
6. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
7. Bake in 350°F oven 17 to 29 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.
YIELD: 3 Dozen
Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350°F for 15 to 18 minutes.