THE BEST Peanut butter oatmeal cookies

tamibic's Note:

The oatmeal makes all the difference. These are the VERY BEST! They vanish quickly.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 cookies

• ½ cup shortening
• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup quick-cooking oat

Directions:

1. In large bowl mix the butter, shortning, sugars and peanut butter.
2. Add eggs one at a time.
3. Blend flour, soda and salt then add to sugar mixture.
4. Then add oats.
5. Form into 1 1/2 inch balls (no need to press with fork like usual) These come out perfectly round Bake 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

Reviews

[saracho]

Made these tonight and they turned out great! I kept the brown sugar the same but reduced the white to 1/2 cup. The flavor was very good and I just loved the texture of these cookies! They are a big hit in our house. Thanks for the post!

[djafishfria]

would recomend at least 2 cups of flour. otherwise these have good flavor.

[Chef Lanibobonnie]

I gave this recipe a 5 star rating because of it's ease to prepare and it's tastiness. I only had old fashion oatmeal so I substituted granola cereal and it came out wonderful. I also was out of shortening so substituted 1/2 C oil with the butter. I used super chunk and loved the crunchiness of them. It didn't seem to matter what I did, it came out fine. I didn't shape before dropping on the cooking stone and they all came out perfectly round. I baked only a dozen and refrigerated the rest of the batter to make daily, they taste so yummy fresh out of the oven. Even though I made substitutions it was not necessary to adjust any measurements. I will be anxious to bake some more tomorrow night.