…even he would like these cookies. They’re fantasmigorical.
We consider these babies ‘Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies’, but their stage name is in fact, “Everything Cookies”. Because, as the name implies, you can put literally everything into them. Except, maybe, the kitchen sink. And ground beef.
Or something.
Thanks to the sweet momma of this little babe for sharing the recipe with us {and allowing us, upon discovering their freshly-baked existence on her kitchen counter, to take a healthy portion off her hands}:
Everything Cookies
- 1/2 cup of white sugar
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 cup of flour {I did 1/2 cup white and 1/2 cup whole wheat}
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 3 cups of oatmeal {I used old fashioned}
- 3/4 cup of butter
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup of peanut butter {I use natural}
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup of chopped nuts {pecans, walnuts, almonds}
- “Everything”: coconut, dried fruit, applesauce, wheat germ, flax seeds, etc.
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350*
- In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients {through oatmeal}
- In a medium bowl, combine melted butter, egg {lightly beaten}, peanut butter, water and vanilla.
- Add wet to dry, mixing until evenly moist
- Fold in chocolate chips and nuts {and anything else your little heart desires}
- Spoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes
Even the most discerning large, old man in red would approve of these suckers!
But seeing we don’t really do the “Santa thing” around here – and would hate for these amazing cookies to just sit out, unloved – we left them for the elves {ahem}.
