These are Preston's favorite cookie, so in honor of his birthday, I am posting them today. The recipe makes a ton, and I get tired of scooping cookie dough and rotating sheets fairly quickly, so I usually freeze part of the dough in a log. Beware, though - the frozen cookie dough is really good. I've frozen it before and we haven't gotten around to ever baking the cookies because we ate all the dough frozen. Don't be like me. You shouldn't let your kids eat raw cookie dough and you shouldn't either. But you should make these cookies. They are crisp on the edges and chewy inside.
Laura Bush's Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies
Recipe from Parent's Magazine
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 T baking powder
1T baking soda
1T cinnamon
1 t salt
1.5 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
1.5 cups granualated sugar
1.5 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 T vanilla
2-3 cups chocolate chips
3 cups rolled oats
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
2 cups chopped pecans, optional (I always opt out)
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
In a very large bowl, beat butter until smooth and creamy. Add in sugars and cream. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add vanilla.
Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, and coconut and stir until combined.
Drop by 2 tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving plenty of room around each one.I usually do eight per sheet. They spread a lot, so you may want to mound the dough up higher. Bake at 350 for 11-13 minutes. Let cool a few minutes before removing to a rack to cool completely. Package some up and send them to Preston because I don't make them very often since they use 3 sticks of butter and 3 cups of sugar.
This was in the recipes you gave me to add to Mom's book. I've never made them because I rarely have coconut around, and it takes 3 sticks of butter and 3 cups of sugar. I do happen to have coconut right now, so maybe I'll make them in honor of Preston.
ReplyDeleteYou could always halve the recipe.
ReplyDeleteOne and a half eggs? I don't think so.
ReplyDeleteI know I could half them, but I never do. I guess I figure if I'm making Preston happy I might as well make him happy for longer.
Jacob loves cowboy cookies, too, but we both detest coconut, so no thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have a question I would like a blog post about. What food blogs do you frequent? I like your blog, because it's full of healthy meals that use cheap and common ingredients. Most of the blogs I occasionally visit that are "health food" blogs, use ingredients I never have around, or are full of weird things that the rest of the family wouldn't touch. I guess I want to know where you get your inspiration.
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