These peanut butter oatmeal cookies are a nice change of pace from the usual peanut butter cookie. My husband never liked peanut butter cookies until I made him this recipe.
Ingredients
- peanut butter: 1 cup
- packed brown sugar: 1 cup
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- shortening: 0.5 cup
- margarine: 0.5 cup (softened)
- eggs: 2 piece
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- baking soda: 2 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- quick-cooking oats: 1 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Beat peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, shortening, and margarine in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well blended. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into creamed mixture until incorporated. Mix in oats until just combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake cookies in the preheated oven until just lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool and store in an airtight container. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
