TWD - Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters

Isn't that a mouthful? This week's recipe comes courtesy of Stefany of Proceed with Caution. They are almost kitchen sink cookies, with oatmeal, chocolate chips, peanut butter, peanuts, and whatever else you feel like adding. (I added salted peanuts and peanut butter chips)

I really felt like the salted peanuts made the cookies. The recipe didn't call for much salt in them, and I felt like it played off the sweetness of the chips (there were a lot of chocolate chips) really well.

Letting the dough chill well was important, as it was much easier to work with and they didn't spread very much.


Ready for the oven!

The peanut butter flavor isn't very pronounced, so don't think of these as a peanut butter cookie with oatmeal. They have cinnamon and nutmeg and I don't know if I added too much nutmeg or because it was freshly ground, but I could really taste it in the end product and it was a really good flavor.

Everyone loved them and I might make these again!

Peanut Butter Bliss

Hello, lovely...

You may not know me - you may not know of my looove of anything peanut butter and chocolate. But at Christmas time, when I have my big cookie exchange - the peanut butter ball stash goes right into the freezer and I am VERY hard-pressed to share with anyone.

You see, my friends and I have this big cookie exchange and one member is always counted on to make peanut butter balls, which are balls of sweetened peanut butter with Rice Krispies that are then dunked in chocolate. Oh my...are they ever good. And if I ever "gift" you with one - consider yourself very lucky. I don't buy Reese's peanut butter cups because well - I have no power to refuse them.

That's why it's very very dangerous to have these lovelies in the house.



Just look at that craggy goodness!

I came across this recipe on Cookie Madness, which is from Rachael Ray. Yeah, I very rarely make anything by Rachael but WOW I had to make an exception for these. I knew immediately that they were an easier and deadlier version of my beloved peanut butter balls.

I mean, just look at the ingredients. This ain't health food people. But oh my...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Crunch (doesn't that just sound decadent?)