Texas Governor's Mansion Cowboy Cookies

This is George W. Bush's recipe out of my "Presidential Cookies" cookbook I got in Washington D.C.

3 c flour
1 Tbs baking powder
1 Tbs baking soda
1 Tbs cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 c butter (3 sticks), at room temperature
1 1/2 c granulated sugar
1 1/2 c light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 Tbs vanilla
3 c chocolate chips
3 c old-fashioned rolled oats
2 c coconut
2 c chopped pecans (8 oz)

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, and salt in bowl.
3. In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed for 1 minute until smooth and creamy.
4. Gradually beat in sugars to combine for 2 minutes.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.
6. Beat in vanilla.
7. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
8. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut, and pecans.
9. For each cookie, drop 1/4 c. dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
10. Bake 17-29 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rate sheets halfway through baking (after 10 min.)
11. Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
Makes 3 doz. giant cookies

*For 6 dozen smaller cookies, use 2 Tbs. scoop, bake for 10 min.
*Convection- bake 8 min, trade half way through.
(They will soften after sitting for a few hours if they seem overcooked)