Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies

I hope everyone had a great weekend! My family and I are heading off soon to my Aunt and Uncle's to celebrate my Grandma's birthday with a cookout and bonfire! I can't wait! So, here is a recipe for yummy

cookies chock full of plenty of goodies! 

Chocolate chips, oatmeal, sweetened flaked coconut, butterscotch chips, and pecans make up this cookie.

These are chewy, moist, crisp around the edges, have a nice cinnamon flavor and are pretty much delightful to your tastebuds-so many flavors and textures that make up this cookie! Give em' a try, this batch makes a lot of cookies!

Laura Bush's Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies: (recipe courtesy Laura Bush, adapted by me)

Ingredients:

-3 cups all-purpose flour

-1 tablespoon baking powder

-1 tablespoon baking soda

-1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

-1 teaspoon salt

-1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, at room temperature

-1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

-1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed

-3 eggs

-1 tablespoon vanilla

-3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

-3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

-2 cups sweetened flaked coconut

-1 cup chopped pecans

-1 cup butterscotch chips

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

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

3. In a 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars; beat to combine, 2 minutes.

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

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

5. Drop 1/4 cup dough for each cookie onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.

7. Bake in oven for 17-20 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are lightly browned. Remove cookies and cool on wire rack.

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

 

Mmmm.....don't you want a bite?