Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

 

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 TBS. baking powder
• 1 TBS. soda
• 1 TBS. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 sticks butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 TBS. vanilla
• 3 cups oatmeal, old-fashioned
• 2 cups of dried cranberries
• 2 cups pecans, chopped
• 1 cup coconut flakes

Instructions

1. Mix flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
2. In a very large bowl, beat butter until smooth and creamy.
3. Add sugars and combine thoroughly.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Stir in the flour mixture until just combined. (This will become very thick.)
7. Stir in the oats, craisins, coconut and pecans.
8. Drop a heaping spoon on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing 2-3 inches apart. You want this far enough apart so cookies do not touch once baked.
9. Bake at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies are still slightly doughy in the middle. Allow cookies to cool for 2 to 3 minutes on the counter and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
10. These cookies are the best and make a large number of cookies.

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