Description
Homemade peanut butter oatmeal delight cookies blend classic American comfort with irresistible sweetness. Rich ingredients and simple techniques guarantee delicious results you’ll savor completely.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113 grams) creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup (170 grams) brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (113 grams) butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup (125 grams) flour
- ¾ cup (67 grams) old fashioned rolled oats
- ¾ cup (128 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Line baking sheets with parchment paper and heat oven to 350°F, creating an ideal baking environment.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, whisking until perfectly blended and free of lumps.
- Butter Transformation: Cream softened butter and brown sugar using an electric mixer until light, fluffy, and dramatically increased in volume.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Incorporate peanut butter, vanilla extract, and egg into the butter mixture, blending until silky smooth and fully unified.
- Dough Development: Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, creating a consistent dough that seamlessly combines all components.
- Final Embellishment: Gently fold rolled oats and chocolate chips throughout the dough, ensuring even distribution of delectable mix-ins.
- Cookie Formation: Scoop uniform mounds of dough onto prepared baking sheets, creating perfectly rounded cookie shapes.
- Baking Precision: Slide sheets into preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges that signal optimal doneness.
- Cooling Process: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5-7 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely, developing ideal texture and flavor.
Notes
- Butter Softening Tip: Let butter sit at room temperature for 30-60 minutes before mixing to ensure smooth, even blending and optimal cookie texture.
- Oat Selection Strategy: Use old-fashioned rolled oats for better texture and chewiness; avoid instant oats which can make cookies too mushy.
- Chocolate Chip Variation: Experiment with different chocolate types like milk, dark, or semi-sweet chips to customize flavor profile and personal preference.
- Dough Chilling Hack: Refrigerate cookie dough for 30 minutes before baking to prevent excessive spreading and create thicker, more structured cookies.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes (per batch)
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg