These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are soft yet chewy and packed full of peanut butter flavor!  These are an easy cookie recipe with peanut butter and old fashioned oats that are sure to be a family favorite.

Happy Friday!!  Since it’s Friday and, well, just because, I think we need a cookie recipe today, dontcha think?!  I definitely think so. These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are truly a favorite of ours because not only are they super delicious, but easy to make! I always have the ingredients I need for these cookies in the pantry.

I kind of get stuck in my routine of making the same cookies over and over (Brown Butter Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies for LIFE!) but every once in awhile I need something different.  Maybe “need” is a bit dramatic but you know what I mean.  Need/want.  Same diff.

Anyways, if I’m going to cheat on my beloved chocolate chip cookies, it’s gonna be with peanut butter.  Duh.

Soft Yet Chewy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies totally hit the spot!  I hate to say it, but I’m kind of particular with how I like my cookies.  When it comes to oatmeal cookies, I like a big chew factor.  I can’t waste my time with crunchy oatmeal cookies.  Nope.  I need them soft and chewy.

These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are incredibly soft (even the next day!) and yet still chewy with all of the old fashioned oats.  On a scale of 1 to 10, these are pushing 11.  (p.s. as a health care professional I hate when patients rate their pain as 11/10 but as a professional cookie taster, I approve this rating).

The best thing about these peanut butter oatmeal cookies is just how simple they are.  No brown butter (although GAH I love brown butter so much), no artisan sea salt, and nothing that can’t be found in most people’s kitchen cabinets.  They’re basic and I just love that about them!

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are soft yet chewy and packed full of peanut butter flavor!  These are an easy cookie recipe with peanut butter and old fashioned oats that are sure to be a family favorite.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, dessert, oats, peanut butter

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 24 cookies

Calories: 243kcal

Author: Taylor Ellingson

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

Instructions

• In a large bowl with electric mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until creamy, about 2 minutes.
• Add the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla, beating until combined, about 2 more minutes.
• Mix in flour, baking soda, salt, and oats, mixing until combined.
• Cover the bowl and let it chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Form into 2 tablespoon sized cookie dough balls.
• Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until golden on outside and still soft on inside. Be careful not to overbake!
• Let cool for 5 minutes on baking pan and then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 313mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 256IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

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