Name: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 cup light brown sugar; 3/4 cup granulated white sugar; 1 cup creamy peanut butter; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are soft yet chewy and packed full of peanut butter flavor!

Happy Friday!! Since it’s Friday and, well, just because, I think we need a cookie recipe today, dontcha think?! I definitely think so.

I kind of get stuck in my routine of making the same cookies over and over (Brown Butter Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies for LIFE!) but every once in awhile I need something different. Maybe “need” is a bit dramatic but you know what I mean. Need/want. Same diff.

Anyways, if I’m going to cheat on my beloved chocolate chip cookies, it’s gonna be with peanut butter. Duh.

These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies totally hit the spot! I hate to say it, but I’m kind of particular with how I like my cookies. When it comes to oatmeal cookies, I like a big chew factor. I can’t waste my time with crunchy oatmeal cookies. Nope. I need them soft and chewy.

These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are incredibly soft (even the next day!) and yet still chewy with all of the old fashioned oats. On a scale of 1 to 10, these are pushing 11. (p.s. as a health care professional I hate when patients rate their pain as 11/10 but as a professional cookie taster, I approve this rating).

The best thing about these peanut butter oatmeal cookies is just how simple they are. No brown butter (although GAH I love brown butter so much), no artisan sea salt, and nothing that can’t be found in most people’s kitchen cabinets. They’re basic and I just love that about them!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated white sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

Instructions

In a large bowl with electric mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until creamy, about 2 minutes.
Add the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla, beating until combined, about 2 more minutes.
Mix in flour, baking soda, salt, and oats, mixing until combined.
Cover the bowl and let it chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Form into 2 tablespoon sized cookie dough balls.
Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until golden on outside and still soft on inside. Be careful not to overbake!
Let cool for 5 minutes on baking pan and then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
Enjoy!