Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies – Eat Your self Skinny

Gentle and chewy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies made more healthy with healthful components, zero butter or refined sugar, and scrumptious chunks of chocolate in each chew! 

Okay you guys.  These would possibly critically be the most effective cookies…EVER.  I imply what’s to not love once they’re primarily three of my favourite cookies all rolled into ONE!  These peanut butter oatmeal cookies are loaded with scrumptious creamy peanut butter and made more healthy with healthful oats, coconut oil taking the place of butter, maple syrup as a substitute of refined sugar, and Lily’s chocolate chips that are gluten-free, vegan and sweetened with stevia.  You can additionally simply swap out the chocolate chips for raisins, dried cranberries and even nuts, should you most well-liked!

These peanut butter oatmeal cookies are smooth, deliciously chewy and actually one among my favourite cookies to snack on.  They’re additionally tremendous straightforward to throw collectively in a pinch!  My daughter not solely liked consuming these, however she had a lot enjoyable making them with me!

Elements You’ll Want

• Rolled oats – healthful entire grain quaint oats (I used gluten-free) make these cookies deliciously chewy!  You can too use quick-cooking oats if that’s all you've readily available, however they gained’t have that nice chewy texture that we love in a cookie
• Complete wheat pastry flour – I extremely suggest utilizing whole wheat pastry flour in these cookies to assist make them smooth and extra cake-like with extra vitamin than common all-purpose flour, however you possibly can additionally sub common entire wheat flour, oat flour, gluten-free 1 to 1 baking flour, or all-purpose flour
• Baking powder – this acts as a leavening agent to assist these cookies bake up properly and are chewy
• Peanut butter – I used pure creamy peanut butter with none added sugar, however you possibly can use chunky peanut butter or any nut butter you like
• Coconut oil – this takes place of the butter in these cookies, simply be sure that to soften the coconut oil first earlier than including it to the batter
• Maple syrup – I really like baking with maple syrup as a result of not solely does it act as a scrumptious sweetener, nevertheless it additionally helps make the perimeters of those cookies good and crispy. You can too use coconut sugar, brown sugar and even honey should you aren’t vegan.
• Vanilla extract – offers these cookies a lift of taste!
• Cinnamon + salt – the cinnamon provides a heat, cozy taste to those cookies whereas the salt punches up the style
• Chocolate chips – I used Lily’s chocolate chips that are gluten-free, vegan and sweetened with stevia making the sugar content material actually low and so they style scrumptious!  You can additionally after all use common chocolate chips, however the sugar content material can be a lot larger.  Different mix-ins embrace raisins, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips or nuts!

Tips on how to Make Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

This specific recipe makes about 20 common sized cookies or you possibly can make 12 massive cookies, like I did with these oatmeal cookie ice cream sandwiches.  You’ll simply wish to alter the baking time for the bigger ones.  Right here’s methods to make them!

1. Preheat oven and blend components.  Preheat oven to 350 levels and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  In a big bowl, whisk collectively the oats, entire wheat pastry flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.  In a smaller bowl, combine collectively the coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla till properly mixed. Then pour the moist components in with the dry components and blend till simply mixed, folding within the chocolate chips on the finish.
2. Assemble cookies.  Utilizing a small cookie scoop (or medium-sized cookie scoop should you’re making bigger cookies), drop 1-inch cookie dough balls onto a ready baking sheet and flatten the tops a bit with the again finish of a spoon, ensuring the cookies are nonetheless intact.  It's best to find yourself with about 20 small cookies or 12 bigger cookies.
3. BAKE!  Bake the cookies at 350 levels for 8 to 10 minutes till cookies are golden and set, or a bit longer should you like a extra crispy cookie, then let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for five minutes earlier than transferring them to a wire rack.  If baking bigger cookies, bake them at 350 for about 12 to 13 minutes.

Please notice the cookies will look actually smooth popping out of the oven, however they are going to agency up and set as they cool!  You don’t wish to over-bake these cookies.

Tips on how to Retailer Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

To retailer these cookies, be sure that they're fully cool and switch them to an hermetic container for as much as 3 to 4 days.  For longer storage, you possibly can preserve these within the fridge for as much as every week or freeze them for as much as 3 months.  When able to eat the cookies, merely thaw out at room temperature and luxuriate in!

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