Whole-grain, gluten-free cookies that are still utterly delicious - sound too good to be true? Believe it! Of course, these still have plenty of butter, sugar, and peanut butter. But for any of you with wheat allergies these cookies are genuinely gluten-free and a bona fide addictive treat.
The traditional way to make these cookies is with big, fat chocolate candies like M&Ms, but we often substitute other mix-ins, like chocolate chunks, nuts, or dried berries.
The oats make these hearty and very satisfying, but there's no flour so the butter and peanut butter make these so soft and chewy that they are very hard to stop eating.
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies
About 3 dozen cookies
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, slightly softened
1 1/2 cups creamy natural peanut butter, well-mixed
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
About 1 cup chocolate candies or other mix-ins
Preheat oven to 350F and line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Beat in baking soda, then oatmeal and mix-ins.
Drop onto cookie sheets with an ice cream scoop and flatten slightly. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes or until done. Do not overbake!
Remove from oven when slightly golden. Let cool on the sheets for a few minutes until they have firmed up enough to remove to wire racks.
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Cookies have been a serious craving towards the end of this pregnancy (37 weeks and counting). These sound so good that I think I might be making them tonight!
Monster cookies are a Christmas tradition in my family. This year I made a batch on my own for the first time. Yum! I think I might like the looks of this recipe better than the one I used-- can't wait to try it.
Oh. My. God. Back to the grocery store I go.
Since this original post, I've made these cookies twice to rave reviews. I thought they were good but my friends and co-workers went nuts for them. A big crowd pleaser.
just an fyi - oats are not considered gluten free. celiac disease means: no oats, wheat, barley and rye. some feel that oats are the first thing you can try to introduce back into your diet, but not recommended. so these are wheat free! which is nice for some people too!
these do look delicious, but i wouldn't serve them to my celiac-ridden lil sis!
sizetoosmall, people exclude oats from their gluten-free diets only because they are so easy to contaminate in the fields, not because of something inherent in the oats. Practically everyone with celiac can consume them if they are certified gluten-free - Bob's Red Mill is pretty readily available at this point, among the many brands. I think it's an important distinction to make.
Well I made these tonight (I'm also making maple cupcakes - think those were from here yesterday). Taking both to work tomorrow as we're having dedication of our new building.
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They came out awesome - very yum-o. They took somewhat longer though than stated, and definitely didn't make 36 - only 20 using the only push button ice cream scoop I could find tonight at Wal-mart.
Total hit of a recipe, they were gone in moments. I didn't get to try one - luckily I had one small one last night that my girlfriend and I split after they cooled as the sampler. They were definitely well received!
I didn't like these and I wanted to sooo badly.
They taste like styrofoam and the vanilla killed all the peanut butter flavor. These were really bland. Even while baking these I thought the proportions seemed off. Unfortunately this is strike two for a desert recipe from here. I think I'll look for a similar recipe elsewhere but with flour.
Just a recommendation from someone who has baked these cookies many times - they need salt! i add about 3/4 tsp...it's the only way to bring ou the sweetness. I also add peanut butter m&ms. :)
I have made these several times. They were great! Even my non-celiac family members loved it.
Just made these tonight. To compare to the other reviewers, I got 31 good-sized cookies out of the batch, and I found them very sweet and very peanut buttery (definitely not flavourless). The salt wouldn't have been a bad addition but they're just fine as is. I'll probably make these again someday for a party or something, but we typically stick to somewhat healthier stuff so I won't make them often. This was definitely too much for the two of us to eat on our own - into the freezer they go! :)