Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies

Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies photo
prep time:
25 min
total time:
1 hr
Makes 3 dozen cookies
MicahMicah

Laura Bush’s favorite cookies!

ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon. baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon grou nd 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 flake coconut
  • 2 cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)

directions

  • 1

    1. Heat oven to 350 F.

  • 2

    2. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.

  • 3

    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

    4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.

  • 5

    5. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.

  • 6

    6. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.

  • 7

    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.

  • 8

    Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350 F for 15 to 18 minutes.

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