INGREDIENTS:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
  
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
  
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
  
• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  
• 1 1/2 cup 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

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 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; beat to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla extract.
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. Bake for 17 to 19 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through.
6. Remove cookies from rack to cool.

NUTRITION:

337 calories, 19 grams fat, 42 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams protein per serving.

This Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies recipe from CDKitchen serves/makes 36