Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies Ingredients 3 Cups all-purpose flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1 Tablespoon baking soda 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tsp. 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 oz.) Directions Preheat oven to 350ºF. 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; beat to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla extract. 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 29 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. NOTE: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350ºF for 15 to 18 minutes.