Make these cookies if you want to WOW a crowd. This post is about how to make Laura Bush’s famous Cowboy Cookie recipe, which she shared in 2000. Laura Bush’s Cowboy Cookies are no joke!

It’s stuffed — and I mean stuffed — with chocolate chips, pecans, and shredded coconut. Begin by creaming softened butter, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla until it’s nice and fluffy.

That's why in the spirit of giving, we're sharing a cookie recipe that's not just good, it's actually award-winning. The cookie in question? Former First Lady Laura Bush's cowboy cookies.