Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

• 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 extract
• 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups sweetened flake coconut
• 2 cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
3. In an 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute.
4. Gradually beat in sugars to combine, 2 minutes.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.
6. Beat in vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
7. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
8. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
9. Bake in 350-degree Fahrenheit oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through.
10. Remove cookies to rack to cool.