Cowboy Cookies

(from bubblewrap’s recipe box)

Rich as hell.

Source: The Devil's Wife

Prep time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 17 minutes
Serves 20 people

Categories: Cookies, Dessert, Sweets, Treats

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

  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 17 to 29 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.

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

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