Cowboy Cookies

INGREDIENTS

Yield:3 to 3½ dozen cookies
  • 3cups all-purpose flour
  • 1tablespoon baking powder
  • 1tablespoon baking soda
  • 1tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1teaspoon salt
  • cups (3 sticks) butter, at room temperature
  • cups granulated sugar
  • cups packed light-brown sugar
  • 3eggs
  • 1tablespoon vanilla
  • 3cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2cups unsweetened flake coconut
  • 2cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)

    PREPARATION

    1. Step 1

      Heat oven to 350 degrees.

    2. Step 2

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

    3. Step 3

      In a very large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in sugars, and combine thoroughly.

    4. Step 4

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

    5. Step 5

      Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.

    6. Step 6

      For each cookie, drop ¼ cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.

    7. Step 7

      Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.

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