Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies | Southern Living
Former First Lady Laura Bush is credited with putting these delicious oat-, coconut-, and pecan-stuffed chocolate chip cookies, now known as Cowboy Cookies, on the map. And the story behind her famous Cowboy Cookie recipe is almost as good as the cookies themselves. Almost.
Starting in 1992, Family Circle magazine has orchestrated a political bake-offthis link opens in a new tab during every presidential election year. It was already commonplace for presidential candidates to release family recipes during their campaign—it helps to humanize the candidates and also allows them to promote family values. But Family Circle decided to up the antethis link opens in a new tab by publishing cookie recipes from the wives of each candidate and asking readers to try baking both and then vote on their favorite. The results of the bake-off have interestingly almost always predictedthis link opens in a new tab the winner of the presidential election, save a couple outliers.
In the first First Lady bake-off in 1992, Hillary Clinton’s chocolate chip cookies beat out Barbara Bush’s still-delicious chocolate chip recipe, and again in 1996, Hillary’s chocolate chip recipe won over Elizabeth Dole’s Pecan Roll cookies. In 2000, Laura Bush debuted her Texas Governor’s House Cowboy Cookies, and as expected, they beat our Tipper Gore’s ginger snap recipe. Laura switched up her recipe during her husband’s second presidential campaign in 2004 to a similar oatmeal chocolate chunk recipe, but it’s her first Cowboy Cookie that’s become so famous.
As with most things in Texas, Laura’s Cowboy Cookies are big and completely stuffed with so many mix-ins: oats, coconut, pecans, and of course, chocolate chips. They’re sure to win over any crowd.
Get the recipe:
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 butter, room temperature; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 1/2 cups light-brown sugar, packed; 3 eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 3 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats; 2 cups sweetened flake coconut; 2 cups chopped pecans
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FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE COOKING AND EATING. How to make chocolate chip cookies
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7.5 Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven
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Ingredients:
1 cup pecan halves feel free to use more plus a tbs of butter
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (weigh for best results) (285 grams)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup salted butter, softened (114 grams)
1/2 cup Crisco (96 grams Crisco)
3/4 cup granulated sugar (organic is best) (150 grams)
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (150 grams) (recipe calls for light brown)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs (I had large eggs however, I used the smallest ones I had)
2 cups Nestle Tollhouse Morsels or whatever brand you like Semisweet Chocolate Chip
** I felt as though the recipe could use an extra 1/4 cup of sugar. (Maybe 1/2 brown sugar and 1/4 granulated)
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