Peanut Butter Oatmeal Biggies

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon (optional)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup reese's pieces or 1 cup smarties candies or 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients making sure all ingredients are blended well.
• 3 add in remaining ingredients. blend well.
• 4 line your cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• 5 using a 1/3 measuring cup, scoop out your cookie dough and place on the parchment paper.
• 6 press the centre of the cookie dough a bit with the back of a spoon. they will spread out to almost 5-6 inches per cookie so make sure you have lots of room on the cookie sheet for them to bake.
• 7 bake for 13-17 minutes. remove from oven and allow to cool completely on the cookie sheet. with carry over cooking, they continue to bake for another 5 minutes while cooling out of the oven. this is what gives them the chewy consistency.
• 8 store in an airtight container.