Margie's Cowboy Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups margarine, at room temperature (3 sticks)
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 cups unbleached flour
• 4 cups old fashioned oats
• 2 cups hershey's chocolate chips
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 with an electric mixer, whip up the margarine and sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy. add the eggs, vanilla and salt and beat well.
• 2 blend the baking soda and baking powder into the flour, either directly in the measuring cup or in a large bowl, and then tap this mixture into the creamed ingredients, mixing slowly. using a sturdy spoon, mix the rest by hand.
• 3 add oats and stir until the dough comes together. stir in chocolate chips, coconut and nuts.
• 4 line a cookie sheet with baking parchment and scoop the dough with a 2-ounce ice cream scoop. press the top of the cookie dough mound down slightly.
• 5 bake in a preheated 350°f oven for 7-12 minutes, until lightly golden in color with tiny cracks on top of the cookies.