Laura Bush's Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies

Kitty Buchan made these for marissa's boys to have in their lunches. They are excellent!  and huge.  She did not add coconut but they were still amazing.

Ingredients

Prep:

25 mins

Bake:

17 mins to 20 mins at 350°

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) butter, at room temperature
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 1 ½ cups 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 (8 ounces)

• Step 1
  Heat oven to 350 degree F. 

• Step 1
  Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl. 

• Step 1
  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. 

• Step 1
  Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans. 

• Step 1
  For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart. 

• Step 1
  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.