Laura Bush’s Texas Cowboy Cookies

Laura Bush’s Texas Cowboy Cookies
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 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
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bake Time: 16 to 20 minutes
Yield: About 3 dozen cookies (see note below)
1. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Mix flour, 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.
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 and pecans.
6. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
7. Bake in 350 F oven 16 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.
Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350 F for 15 to 18 minutes.
 Laura Bush

Note-- I got this recipe from "Sugar Pie Farmhouse blog". She said you can freeze half of the dough if you don't want to make them all at once. Roll it in a log shape, wrap it up in saran wrap and freeze and use when needed.  you can also substitute the nuts, chips and coconut for something else you might like better.
Enjoy!