Let's talk about cookies. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies to be exact!
I mean I think it's safe to say that I've pretty much covered the cookie realm. Gooey Crinkle Cookies. Molasses Cookies. Breakfast Cookies. Chocolate Chip Cookies. I love 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 - it's my idea of perfection and these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies fit the bill.
Cookies are my favorite way to say thank you. To say I love you. To say, thanks for being awesome. I suppose it's safe to say that if I need to gift someone something, it's more than likely going to be a cookie! These peanut butter oatmeal cookies are beyond easy to make too! They are a Peanut Butter Cookie meets Perfect Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie. And if you're feeling extra fancy, you can give them a quick drizzle of chocolate once they are done baking/cooling because the addition of chocolate is ALWAYS a good idea!
Gobble them up and pass them out in one sitting / or pop them in a zip top bag and store them in the freezer for when your sweet tooth strikes. They keep for about 2 months in the freezer, although full transparency... I've never had them on hand for more than a week or so. Somebody (me) just polished them off very very quickly!
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- melted chocolate optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until well combined. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the peanut butter and mix.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix until the flour is just combined.
- Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold in the oats.
- Using a medium sized cookie scoop, scoop 12 cookies onto each baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes and then remove from the oven. If you don't want a chewy center, bake the cookies for about 13 - 14 minutes. Once the cookies are removed from the oven, let them sit on the baking sheet for a few more minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
- Repeat the process with any remaining dough and store the cookies in an air tight container.
- Drizzle with melted chocolate if needed.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking
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.
These were so easy and delicious. Probably the only peanut butter cookie I will make from now on!! Thanks
yay!! glad you loved them 🙂
Delicious. So easy and tasty thank you 🙂
Yay to success at stand-up paddling! (And no shark sightings!)
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 🙂
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
I can almost smell them! Sigh....
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!
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 want one now!!
Usually I'm pretty meh about oatmeal cookies, but adding peanut butter to them sounds so much better!
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!
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. 🙂
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!!
Welcome back! These cookies look just wonderful.