Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies

By Stef -



I got this recipe off of melskitchencafe.com and really liked it. I cut down the sugar and thought they were still plenty sweet. I got about 3 1/2 dozen cookies out of one batch. I would give these an 8. 
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter I put in 1 1/2 sticks of butter and 4 TBS canola oil
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar I used 3/4 C.
  • 1 cup granulated sugar  I used 3/4 C.
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup quick rolled oats
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12-ounce bag semisweet or milk chocolate chips
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl with an electric handheld mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Add the vanilla and eggs and mix until the batter is light in color, 2-3 minutes. Stir in the flour, oatmeal, baking soda and salt. When it is mostly combined but there are still dry spots, add the chocolate chips and mix until well combined.
  3. Scoop out tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto a lined baking sheet (with parchment, silpat or coated with cooking spray), spacing the cookies 1-2 inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes until very lightly browned and still soft in the center. Remove the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Comments

  1. thejohnmfamilyNovember 15, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    These were way good!

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  2. thejohnmfamilyNovember 16, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Ok, so I doubled the batch and used 3 cups of a multi-grain flour (barley, spelt, brown rice) and 1 cup white flour. I also cut the butter down and ended up using 2 1/2 cubes and 2/3 cup canola oil. For the sugar, I did a scant 1 1/3 cups of each kind, and it ended up being perfect.

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  3. thejohnmfamilyNovember 16, 2013 at 6:26 PM

    I made another batch and this time I used all white flour--much better. My single batch made 4 1/2 dozen.

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