Texas Mansion Cookies – The Best Cookies Ever!

Dear Hubby’s squadron requested cookie bakers for an upcoming fundraiser. I’m not big into baking, but I remembered that I had a recipe for Texas Mansion Cookies.

A lady I used to work with would make Texas Mansion Cookies whenever our classes completed the tobacco cessation program. She gave the recipe to me, but I never got around to baking the cookies.

Four years after receiving the recipe, I decided to try it out. If they came out good, I would make them for the squadron fundraiser.

Here’s the finished product:

Texas Mansion Cookies

The cookies were delicious! Dear Hubby took a sample to work to see what others thought and the cookies were a hit! I committed to making them for the fundraiser and I’m hoping I won’t regret it later!

The recipe is below:

Texas Mansion Cookies

Ingredients:

• 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 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)

Directions
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bake time 17 to 20 minutes
Yield: About 3 dozen cookies (see note below)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.




2. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in bowl.




3. In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars; beat to combine, 2 minutes.




4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. 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 dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.




7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 17 to 29 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies from rack to cool.

Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes.

Copyright, 2000, Laura Bush


Tonya’s sidenote: This recipe makes A LOT of cookies. I could have easily made 4 dozen large cookies. Because I had so many cookies, I let them bake for about 24 minutes. And yes, this is former First Lady Laura Bush’s recipe!