Peanut butter oatmeal cookie

Cookies, anyone?

This is one of my favorite oatmeal cookie recipes and trust me, I've been seeking that perfect oatmeal cookie for awhile now. I have some other ones that include bananas as egg replacements; I will post them in the future.

This is fastfoodie's monster cookie recipe. I really like this one because 1) it's easy to make, 2) the ingredients are common cupboard items and 3) they taste great and stay pretty moist for at least a week!


-1/4 cup butter (or applesauce)
-3/4 cup white sugar
-3/4 cup brown sugar
-2 eggs
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 1/4 tsp baking soda
-1 cup peanut butter
-3 cups of oats
-6 oz. chocolate chips (optional)

1. BEAT the 1st 4 ingredients till creamy
2. MIX in the vanilla and baking soda
3. STIR in the peanut butter, oats & chocolate chips
4. BAKE at 350 for 10

TIP OF THE DAY: For healthier versions, you can swap out butter for the equivalent amount in applesauce. You can also swap a banana for one egg. I like to keep a good couple bananas in my freezer because I don't always have fresh eggs on hand.

Some of you may opt to complement the PB with chocolate chips. However, I am not a huge fan of chocolate so I left them out in mine. I've never tried them with raisins but I'm not sure how PB & raisins would taste together in a cookie. If it's your thing, go for it and let me know how it tastes!

Enjoy!