Recipe: Monster Cookies

Monster cookies. Yes. 100% goodness. I made a pan of these just before Christmas last year – yet I made a gluten free version. Gluten free monster cookies – they are good, yet these ones are a bit better. Mainly because they are in cookie for and not bar form.

Ingredients

• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 cup + 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1 1/2 cup of smooth peanut butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• heaping cup of oats
• 1 1/2 cup of mini m&ms
• 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and peanut butter chips

First up – measure out and gather all of your ingredients.

Ensuring everything is ready to go and all measured out is a bit tedious at first, but once you make it a habit, it makes the baking experience so much better. Just pick up and go.

Cream the butter and sugars. Add in the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla until well mixed. Then, slowly add in the flour and baking soda. Stir in the oats and 1 cup of the m&ms. Then mix in all of the chocolate and peanut butter chips. Save the 1/2 cup of m&ms to top the cookies.

Roll out and form into crab cake like shapes – you want them thick so they stay soft and chewy.

Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes. Don’t bake them any longer…then they won’t be soft and chewy.

Done!

Let them cool for about 10-15 minutes.

Now eat and enjoy.

They were a hit for those who I made them for…my mother-in-laws 60th birthday family get together. Maybe it’s because they are my family, yet they seemed to eat them up just the same. I guess they were good! Try them today and let me know how they turn out. You could even put skor (oh, how I love skor) in place of 1/2 the m&ms.

See you again soon.

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Monster Cookies

Author: Ali

Servings: 24

Monster cookies. Yes. 100% goodness. I made a pan of these just before Christmas last year – yet I made a gluten free version. Gluten free monster cookies – they are good, yet these ones are a bit better. Mainly because they are in cookie for and not bar form.

Prep Time15 minutes minutes

Cook Time11 minutes minutes

Total Time26 minutes minutes

CourseBaking

CuisineAmerican

Ingredients

• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 cup + 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1 1/2 cup of smooth peanut butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• heaping cup of oats
• 1 1/2 cup of mini m&ms
• 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and peanut butter chips

Instructions

• First, gather all of your ingredients and ensure that everything is correctly measured. This seems like a bit of a hassle at first, yet it makes baking any recipe that much easier.
• Set the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream the butter and the sugars...don't eat any! haha
• Next, add in the peanut butter, eggs, and the vanilla. Mix well.
• Slowly add the flour and baking soda. Just add a bit at a time and make sure it's all well combined.
• Stir in the oats, 1 cup of the m&ms, and the chocolate and peanut butter chips. Save the other bit of mini m&ms for the top of the cookies.
• Once the batter is well mixed, roll out into crab cake like shapes. You want them thick so they stay soft.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes. Don't over bake. You want them soft.
• Let them cool for 10-15 minutes and then eat them up!