Laura Bush'S Texas Governor'S Mansion 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 butter at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar packed
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups flake coconut sweetened
• 2 cups chopped pecans 8 ounces

1. Heat oven to 350 degree F.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, 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 to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
4. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
5. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
6. Bake in 350 degree F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.
7. Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350 degree F for 15 to 18 minutes.

flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, butter, sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, chocolate chips, oldfashioned, coconut sweetened, pecans

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Laura-Bush_s-Texas-Governor_s-Mansion-Cowboy-Cookies-1664599 (may not work)