These cookies are amazing! Cowboy Cookies are soft, gooey, chewy, and loaded with a variety of flavors and textures — from oats and coconut to chocolate chips and pecans — which make them hearty and totally addictive! This recipe makes a huge batch, and is also loaded with so many goodies that you can be assured that there’s a little somethin’ in there to please everyone.

Ingredients.

*Yield 3 dozen cookies*

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 sticks butter at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups sweetened flake coconut
• 2 cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)

Instructions.

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
3. In an 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed till smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars and continue beating to combine, about 2 minutes.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each one. Beat in vanilla.
5. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut, and pecans.
6. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
7. Bake 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
8. Remove to a rack to cool.

And enjoy! ♥♥