I had a serious craving for chocolate + peanut butter tonight. What a really wanted was a couple of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups… but soft, moist cake also sounded pretty darn delicious to me! 
I had some extra time this evening, so I baked up my own chocolate-peanut butter-cake creation!
Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes 16 cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 tbsp baking cocoa
- 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1 cup peanut butter and chocolate chips (mixed bag)*
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325*F.
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well until batter is blended evenly.
- Use a tablespoon to portion cookies on a greased baking sheet, approximately 1-2 inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove cookies from baking sheet and allow to cool on wire rack.
- Eat and enjoy!
These cookies turned out big and fluffy, and the consistency reminded me of cake-like brownies.
Mmmmm! I loved the peanut butter flavor in these cookies– it was prominent, but not overpowering. The cocoa/chocolate flavor blended nicely with the peanut butter.
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* I didn’t add peanut butter and chocolate chips to these cookies, but I think they would make an amazing addition!!!
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Mmmm the title alone made me hungry!!
No chocolate chips in them???
Oh, those look great. I’m going to have to steal them after we finish the oatmeal pumpkin cookies I made today!
@life coach jen: You can add chocolate chips to them!
MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE COOKIE VARIETY!!!!!!
WOW!!! Do you need my mailing address Tina
OMG! Genius! I cannot wait to try these
those look amazing! Do you think the canola oil was necessary in addition to the peanut butter?
Those look soooooooooo good! WANT!
Those look great! I never have chocolate chips in the house (I’d eat the whole bag) but I do have cocoa…I’ll try these out next time I get a chocolate cookie craving.
YUM! I’m amazing by people that can just throw stuff together and make a delicious treat. I can’t wait to try these.
WHOA! I need to make more of your recipes…starting with this baby!
oh, those sound SO good right now.
Those look like they would make great whoopie pies or ice cream sandwiches. Mmm….
yum – those look great!
Mmmm, the cookies look good!
Those look delicious! And a healthy snack, too!
yumm those cookies look fabulous..
oatmeal, peanut butter, and chocolate is such a great combo!
ohh how creative and looks delish! how do you come up with recipes like that and be able to get the measurement amounts correct?
I made chocolate peanut butter cookies tonight too! Yours look so yummy!
You had me at “oatmeal chocolate peanut butter”… 3 of my favorite ingredients!
Hmmm, they look very cakey, not so cookie-like. Perhaps it could be made into a loaf or something?
What delicious looking creations! anything w/ PB and oats (plus chocolate!) has gotta be nothing short of amazing!
Those look so good! I will keep them in mind for sure!
Those look (and sound) amazing! I’ve made chocolate chip peanut butter oatmeal cookies before, but they turned out a little crispy (and I like my cookies SOFT). I’m definitely trying these! Thanks for sharing.
great creation…i have the PB/chocolate craving like every day.
Those look soooo good!! Wow!! I guess I know what I’ll be doing this evening….
I made these this evening and they are delicious! My husband and I were both craving chocolate and peanut butter and were happy to find this recipe. I did add more cocoa then what was in the recipe though. Will definitely make again!
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