Lunchbox Cookies
photo by Boomette
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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3-4 dozen cookies
ingredients
- 2 2⁄3 cups oatmeal
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons butter or 10 tablespoons margarine, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter (I prefer chunky)
- 2⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 1⁄3 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄3 cups peanuts, chopped (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
- Spead oats on baking sheet and toast in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until oats are golden brown, stirring occassinally. Set aside.
- Increase oven temperature to 350-degrees F.
- Combine flour, orange peel, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl cream butter and peanut butter until light.
- Add sugars (brown and white) and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and continue beating. Stir in vanilla.
- Fold in flour mixture.
- Fold in browned oatmeal and peanuts.
- Drop batter onto baking sheets by tablespoons, spacing 3-inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with a fork making criss-cross lines on the cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until done (cookies will begin to brown around edges).
- Cool in pans for 5 minutes before transferring cookies to racks to finish cooling.
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Reviews
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No peanuts here because DH doesn't like nuts in anything but he rated them with 10 stars. I used whole wheat flour and my dough was really soft which surprised me a lot. I was expecting just the opposite, lol. Anyway, they were way too soft to mark and they needed all of the 3 in surrounding space. 10 mins baking on a silicone mat gave me perfect cookies with a light golden edge. I have a feeling that these will be requested again.
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These are REALLY GOOD cookies. I had to put them in a covered container so they were out of sight! I made them for my kids for after school, but of course I tried one warm and then another one after they cooled. They are good both ways. I used chunky peanut butter and did not add nuts, but I think I'd like walnuts in them. You can taste a touch of orange and just a little of the peanut butter; the whole combination works great together. These come out very large and they are somewhat lacy, as the other reviewer mentioned. Be sure to allow the 3 inches between cookies! Thanks for posting this treat!
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