Desserts...Mmm

Cowboy 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 extract

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

2 cups sweetened flake coconut

2 cups chopped pecans (8 ounces)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350° F.

2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, 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 to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time,

beating after each. Beat in vanilla.

4. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and

pecans.

5. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3

inches apart.

6. Bake in 350° F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate

sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.

**Note: For 6 dozen small cookies, use 2 tablespoons dough for each. Bake at

350° F for 15 to 18 minutes.

Lemon Yummies

1 cup butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 cups flour

dash of salt

4 eggs

6 tablespoons lemon juice

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup flour

Combine first 4 ingredients until well blended. Press in cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool slightly. Mix last 4 ingredients together. Pour over cooled crust and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle top with powdered sugar.