Cowboy Cookies & (Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies)

From the Website: http://simmy.typepad.com/echoesofadream/2008/06/do-you-ever-find-yourself-saying-yes-to-something-and-then-bitterly-regretting-it-because-the-person-who-asked-you-to-do-the.html

Cowboy Cookies

You will need:

• 1 cup sofened butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 1/2 cups soft brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda (which I took to mean bicarb)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsps vanilla essence
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup dessicated coconut
• 12 oz chocolate chips (I usually use 8oz)

Cream the butter and sugars and then add the eggs and vanilla essence. Beat well. Mix in the remianing ingredients. Drop (dessert) spoon fulls of the mixture onto a greased baking tray and bake at 350F for about 15 minutes. The biscuits do spread and the mixture makes about 30+.

Happy Baking ..

Also from the website: http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe524.laura-bushs-cowboy-cookies.html

Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

Note: Recipe presented here as was seen on "Good Morning America."

Makes about 36

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.