Especially for my bonus daughter, Alexis: COOKIES!!! When the weather makes its first hint that the hotter days are behind us for the season it is time to bake some cookies:) ...and especially these since Halloween is coming soon and they are termed Monster Cookies: 1 cup soft real butter, 1 1/2 pound peanut butter(my jar of pnb is 28 oz) and use either creamy or chunky to suit your taste, 9 or 10 cups of old fashioned rolled oats(10 if you want them to stay a little thicker), 4 teaspoons of baking soda(an aside: be sure your soda is lump free; I smash it in a little bowl before measuring so no one will get a bite of soda in their cookie). Be sure to use a very large bowl so you have room to mix. I do these first ingredients first so the oats can get most moistened with the oil in the pnb and the butter:) Then you can throw the 6 large eggs, 1 1/2 cup white sugar, 2 cups brown sugar, 1/2 tablespoon vanilla(real), and 1 tablespoon of clear syrup in on top and mix well with a wooden spoon. It will be thick and most mixers, especially hand mixers, are unable to do such thick dough, so do by hand:) You can then add any combo of choc chips(1 bag) white choc chips(1 bag) peanut m&m candies(1 bag) plain m&ms(1 bag) butterscotch chips(1 bag) peanut butter chips (1 bag). If you have the time and want the oats more soaked up you can let the dough rest a while before baking. I use a medium size ice cream scoop to put evenly sized cookies on the sheet to bake. Bake at about 340/350F for about 20 minutes; rotating in the oven at about 10 minutes so they brown more evenly:) Each oven is a little different so just watch em; I like mine to stay moister so I dont over bake. By the time the first pan gets done you will see if you have to adjust to make them smaller/llarger:) Or adjust the temp of the oven:) Good Luck!!! Enjoy!
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:29:57 +0000