Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

**Makes 24 cookies (2 tablespoon scoop)

**Preheat oven 350*F.

Ingredients:

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/2 cup Extra Light Olive Oil

*1 cup Brown Sugar

*1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

*1 cup Powdered Peanut Butter

*2 Eggs, room temperature

*3/4 cup White Wheat Pastry Flour

*1/2 cup All-purpose Flour

*1 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Kosher Salt

*1 cup Old Fashion Oats

*1 cup Quick Oats

*Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chocolate Chips, to taste

Directions:

In a stand mixer on medium-low or I like to stir by hand, cream together the butter, olive oil, brown sugar and sugar. Stir in peanut butter and then add eggs mixing in one at time until incorporated.

Sift together in a bowl the wheat flour, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. (I usually like sea salt over kosher salt but for this recipe I would stick to kosher salt)

Add flour in thirds into the creamed mixture just until flour is completely incorporated.

Stir in oats and chocolate chips. Note: I add the chocolate chips just to the tops of some of the cookies and left the others plain. I like to scoop all the dough onto a Silpat lined baking sheet. Makes 24 (2 tablespoons scoops).

Refrigerate the cookie dough at least 30 minutes before baking.

Bake cookies for 12 to 14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 30 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

These are a soft and chewy cookie.

Enjoy!

Lindy

Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

*1/2 cup Sugar

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup Butter Flavored Shortening

*1 Egg, room temperature

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 

*1 cup Ripe mashed Bananas, about 3 medium

*1 and 1/2 cups Flour, sifted

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 cup Old Fashion Rolled Oats

*3/4 cup Quick Oats

*2 cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips or I like Ghirardelli Bitter Sweet Chocolate Chips, more like little chocolate wafers and add as many chips as desired

Directions:

Preheat oven 350*F.

Cream together in a bowl the sugar, brown sugar, butter and shortening.  Then add the egg and vanilla and mix until totally combined.

Stir in the mashed bananas into the creamed mixture, until incorporated.

Sift together in a bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Stir 1/3 of the flour mixture into the creamed banana mixture, mix until combined.

Stir in Oatmeal and Chocolate Chips.

Use a cookie scoop, I used 2 tablespoon cookie scoop made 27 cookies.

Scoop 6 cookies per Silpat covered 1/2 baking sheet or use parchment paper. 

Bake in a 350*F.  12 to 15 minutes.  Allow cookies to set 1 or 2 minutes then cool cookies on cooling rack. 

Enjoy!

Lindy