Today the girls donned our aprons and went to work making some yummy cookies. I pin recipes on Pinterest continually and need to start making some of them. These were very delicious! They are called Laura Bush's Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies. They did not disappoint.
The girls helped me mix the ingredients while I put them in. (The recipe is Texas sized, so I had to half everything so we wouldn't have cookies coming out of our ears!)
And next time I make them I think I will melt the butter instead of use room temperature, and maybe make the full batch to share with friends and neighbors. But this was a new recipe trial run.
Our oven is Celsius, so I thankfully brought an oven thermometer in Fahrenheit to be able to know when its the right temp. But I'm still learning which dial temp is right in C, so the first ones were too hot. And I think these have a little too much flour, but they still taste great!
Laura Bush's Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies
Yield: enough cookies to feed most of the Lone Star State
3 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups butter, melted
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
2 cups chopped pecans (8 oz)
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
In a second bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth. Add the sugar and brown sugar and beat for another 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla.
Stir in the flour mixture, blending until just combined. Add the chips, oats, coconut, and pecans and stir until fully incorporated.
Drop by rounded tablespoon onto a greased baking sheet, making sure to allow plenty of room between cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are set and golden brown. Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 1-2 minutes before placing on a cooling rack.
