Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut butter...good!

Oatmeal...good!

Chocolate chips...goooood!

Then you put them all together and you turn yourself around, that's what its all about!

We have a cookie jar at our apartment that I just love to keep full. Lately, however, I have been getting in trouble for keeping it full of delicious things. Go figure. So I have been trying to keep it full of things the roomies won't like. Namely, peanut butter cookies, because both Bananie and Spice could care less! Yay for me because I adore peanut butter cookies! And so do most people who visit...

Now, these peanut butter cookies are a bit different because I used Peanut Butter and Co.'s "Dark Chocolate Dreams" peanut butter. It made almost a chocolate peanut butter cookie! I was so excited I couldn't stop shoveling cookies in my mouth! It would be fun to see how some of the other peanut butter flavors affected the cookie.



Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Brown Eyed Baker

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
½ cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (I used chocolate chunks)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

On medium speed, cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat to combine. On low speed, gradually add the flour until just combined. Stir in the oats, and then the chocolate chips.

Use a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons) and drop dough onto prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly golden. Cool completely on the baking sheet and then store in an airtight container at room temperature.