I’m back!!! Back from the honeymoon. A few pounds heavier and whole lot tanner. Is tanner even a word? Okay well let’s just pretend it is for today. The vacay was perfect. We literally did nothing except eat wonderful Mexican food all week, drink lots and lots of specialty margaritas, lay out, play in the pool, walk on the beach and relax. Oh… and we went stand up paddle boarding.
Now if you guys know me personally, you know that I am deathly afraid of sharks. I mean I live in Los Angeles for crying out loud. I’m 10 minutes from 4 different beaches and I won’t even so much as venture into the ocean with my pinkie toe. The sharks are out there. And they are coming for me. So when Thomas signed us up for a paddle boarding excursion, it’s safe to say that I had nightmares the whole night leading up to the event about being attacked by a shark.
I know. I’m weird. And a total scaredy cat. It’s just the way I roll. But I decided to go for it and be brave. And I promised myself that if I fell while stand up paddle boarding, I would do everything in my power to fall on TOP of the board and not go face first into the water. If it meant ditching my designer sunglasses on the way down, so be it. But I was not about to fall into the ocean. And then when the moment actually came to get in the water, I did it and guess what. I was actually really good at stand up paddling!! I did the whole 2 hour excursion without falling into the water once. I fell onto my board a few times. But I kept my limbs and my sunglasses and that’s basically all that matters. You still couldn’t pay me enough money to get into the water here in California because it’s dark and murky and I can’t see what’s underneath me, but I’m cool to get into the sparkling blue water in Mexico.
Anyways, more on the honeymoon later.
Let’s talk about cookies.
I mean I think it’s safe to say that I’ve pretty much covered the cookie realm. I love me a good chewy cookie. Anything that’s slightly undercooked in the middle is the name of the game. Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside. And now that the wedding is over, and I don’t have a wedding dress to squeeze into, I can eat cookies again!!
I whipped up a big batch of these peanut butter oatmeal cookies before the wedding to bring to lots of people who helped me out in the process of wedding planner! My jeweler, my friends, some of my vendors, and of course my family. They were a hit to say the least. Easy to make too! Cookies are the best because it’s just a simple little ratio and you can adjust it as needed! For example these call for brown sugar only. But you could split it up and do 50/50 with brown and white sugar. Or go with just white sugar! It’s just going to affect how dark the cookies turn out and give the cookie a little more depth with the more brown sugar you use. But you get the idea, right?
If I had kids, I’d make them a batch of these and stick them in their school lunches. But I don’t have kids, nor will I for a few years, so I guess I’ll just have to keep making cookies and eating them myself. It’s a tough job. Someones gotta do it.
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Such a simple, delicious, cookie! Love it!
Perfection in a cookie! I’ll definitely be making these soon.
I’m glad you survived your paddleboarding adventure!
I will take a dozen please!
We love anything “peanut butter” in our home! I’ll be making these today for an after school snack for my little guy. Thank you for sharing!
These look so great Gaby! I’m with you on the sharks.
I feel the same way about dark and murky waters. *shivers* Love the cookies! My girls will have fun making them!
I’ve had peanut butter cookies on my mind lately, and I think you just convinced me to make them. I might even add some chocolate chips in there
Will definitely be making a version of these gluten-free!
Hilarious! I have the exact same shark phobia! I had a nightmare that a killer whale was chasing me. In Lake Michigan. I woke up hyperventilating. Total panic. I once went scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef and spent the entire time swimming in tight circles, convinced that a shark was going to sneak up on me.
Mmmmm. I love underbaked cookies and I think it will make these even more delicious than they sound. Paddle boarding is the bomb!
Welcome back! Your wedding pictures were stunning… and these cookies look like classic perfection!
These look great!! I feel the same way about sharks – I’m so terrified and a big baby about it! haha
Great combo! Back to the real world now
Yay! I love a simple, hearty cookie recipe.
Ok… excuse me… before I talk about these cookies, I need to address those margaritas. You now have me craving a week of drunken nothingness. How lovely that sounds!
And, yeah, I’ll take a plate of these cookies too.
this is exactly how I like my cookies!! btw – welcome back!!!
Welcome back! These cookies look just wonderful.
Congrats again Gaby!!! I had to laugh at your story about being afraid of sharks…. growing up, both of my boys eagerly looked forward to the end of summer in Catalina and the return of the Leopard sharks – which are totally harmless BTW.
Yeah for eating cookies… and these look like the perfect ones to start with!!
Sounds like you had a terrific time – perfect! Wishing you and Thomas all the best in your new life together. Lucky guy gets to have awesome cookies like this all the time.
Welcome back!! The honeymoon sounds dreamy, i would love to go paddle boarding one day soon! my fiance and I are planning a honeymoon to Puerto Rico in April/May! Hopefully we can go then! BTW, a wedding dress wouldn’t stop me from eating these cookies, haha! too delicious!
Usually I’m pretty meh about oatmeal cookies, but adding peanut butter to them sounds so much better!
i want one now!!
Isn’t it just the worst job in the world, to have to eat all that yummy food you’ve made?
I love peanut butter cookies, and the oatmeal makes them healthy!!!?
I’ve seen people paddle boarding but haven’t tried it myself – so glad you did and had fun (and avoided any sharks!). These cookies look great!
I can almost smell them! Sigh….
I’m wondering how these would taste with whole wheat flour…or maybe half all purpose and half whole wheat.
I bet they would be great with half white flour and half whole wheat
What can I sub for the butter? Maybe coconut oil? I’m not a user of butter.
Hi Jami! I haven’t even subbed anything in for butter besides date paste – so you could give that a try! the conversions are on the date paste jar
Yay to success at stand-up paddling! (And no shark sightings!)
Delicious. So easy and tasty thank you
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These were so easy and delicious. Probably the only peanut butter cookie I will make from now on!! Thanks
yay!! glad you loved them
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These are delicious! Thank you for the terrific recipe. I used whole wheat white flour, coconut palm sugar (a little less than a cup), and some extra peanut butter. These went fast, they’re so good! (I blogged them here.
Hands down the best peanut butter cookie I’ve ever made. I made my own brown sugar by mixing a tbsp of molasses with white sugar. Next time I’m going to use half whole wheat flour and half all purpose. Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe!
Thanks Jeanne!!!!
Promise to keep a secret? I made a batch of your cookies for my guys but subbed all sorghum flour so that if my daughter visited (who is gluten intolerant) she could have some too. They ate the whole batch without suspecting! I am making them another batch this weekend and going to add in some peanut butter chips that need to be used. Thank you for the recipe!