Best President Bushs Cookies Not George W His Dad Recipes

Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies image

Provided by Maggie Burch

Categories Cookies

Yield 24 large cookies

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups light-brown sugar, packed
3 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

Steps:

Heat 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 to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
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 in 350°F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.

President Bush's Cookies (not George W, his dad) image

Provided by Megan Stewart @GSMegan

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt (i omit)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, soda and salt onto waxed paper. Beat together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir in flour mixture until blended. Stir in oats and chips. Drop by spoonfulls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-20 minutes or until lightly browned.