While oatmeal cookies were one of my favourites growing up, peanut butter cookies were (and still are) my ultimate favourite. For that reason, I was droolingly eager to try this recipe. Oatmeal… peanut butter… the best of both worlds! And they lived up to my expectations. Chewy, peanuty, oaty amazing wonderfulness. The recipe calls for dark corn syrup, which I did use in the test run. However, I wonder how honey or maple syrup might taste instead, and might try one of those next time.

Oatmeal Cookies (with peanut butter)

Created by Jenai on January 27, 2016

Category: Cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Oatmeal
1 cup Flour, sifted
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Butter, soft
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Dark Corn Syrup
1/2 cup Peanuts (roasted & salted)

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the shortening/butter with brown sugar.
Add corn syrup, egg, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, sift Flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add to the sugar mixture and mix it well.
Stir in the oats and peanuts.
With a spoon, drop tablespoons of the batter onto a cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.