Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

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 large 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)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon
and
salt in bowl. In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth
and
creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars; beat to combine, 2 minutes.
Add
eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla extract. Stir
in
flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut
and
pecans. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking
sheets,
spacing 3 inches apart. Bake for 17 to 19 minutes, until edges are
lightly
browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to
cool.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
NOTE: For 6 dozen smaller cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each.
Bake at
350 F for 15 to 18 minutes.
Note: As seen on "Good Morning America."
Servings: 36