Name: Lunchbox Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 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)

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These cookies are wonderful to add to a lunch box or to have after school. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (February 1987)

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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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review by Boomette

8/20/2011

I omitted the peanuts. I may reduce the sugar next time as they are a bit too sweet for my taste. These cookies are so yummy with the oatmeal and the orange zest. Thanks ellie :) Made for PRMR tag game

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photo by Boomette

8/20/2011

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review by Susang

10/14/2009

Excellent cookie, I have to agree with Veggie Swap that the zest makes this cookie. I didn't add the chopped peanuts, but don't think they were missed. A nice change from the "usual," choc. cookies. My DH also really liked them!!

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photo by Annacia

9/15/2009

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review by Annacia

9/15/2009

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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