What you have here is the ultimate trifecta of cookie goodness:
Peanut butter? Check.
Oats? Check.
Chocolate Chips? Check.
And there you have it – pretty much the most amazingly flavored cookies you could ever imagine. A great big thank you goes out to Jane, a reader who so kindly sent me this recipe as a thank you for sharing my recipes. She received this recipe from her mom, who found it on the back of a flour bag years ago and they have been a staple in her house ever since. I can certainly see why! As you might imagine, these are fabulous. Soft and tender from the peanut butter, a slight toasted flavor from the oats and just the right amount of sweetness from the chocolate chips. I think you’ll want to go ahead and start preheating your oven before you even read the rest of this post…
Now that you’re ready to get baking, a few notes on the recipe:
♦ I used the shaping method from the Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip cookies. Gives cookies a nice crinkly look on top!
♦ If you’re addicted to weighing when you bake like I am, note that each ball of dough weighed 1.7 ounces.
♦ The cookies will not look “done” when you pull them out of the oven, but they will continue to bake on the hot baking sheets out of the oven. If they are slightly brown, the edges look just set and they are puffy in the middle they are ready to come out!
Disclaimer: You will not be able to resist eating the dough. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Do you have a favorite cookie or a sentimental recipe that was passed on
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Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 16 cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
½ cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. On medium speed, cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat to combine. On low speed, gradually add the flour until just combined. Stir in the oats, and then the chocolate chips.
4. Use a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons) and drop dough onto prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly golden. Cool completely on the baking sheet and then store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Tags: Cookies, Oats, Peanut Butter
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I wouldn’t even try to resist eating the dough. Heh. They look amazing, totally my kind of cookie.
i made thes thy where great loved them thank you
Definitely the perfect trifecta! I love the shaping method, can’t wait to try it!
Oh Michelle, You take such pretty pictures! I might add that when I’m totally going all out, I use chocolate chunks in these. Happy baking. I printed off your recipes for the pumpkin scones and quiche lorraine scones this morning. Can’t wait to try them.
Well, I guess I know what I am doing this afternoon
I looove throwing together PB. chocolate, and oatmeal. What a great mix for a yummy, chewy cookie!
I agree, that’s one of the best combinations! These are a must-try for sure!
there goes my diet… I MUST make these tonight!
“trifecta of cookie goodness” love it!
Oh my goodness! Every recipe you post looks to-die-for and every recipe I’ve made so far lives up to it.
I will definitely make these for a bake sale (the soft & chewy choc chip cookies were a HUGE hit at my office).
Those cookies look amazing and I am sure they taste really good.
Those cookies are flawless!
These look so much better than the ones I have been making! I think I have a baking project for this weekend.
Wow, those look divine! I love the texture of oats in cookies! Yummy!
Peanut butter, oats, and chocolate in a cookie = heaven!! I love the shaping method that you used to get the crinkly top. I’ll have to make these and send some to friends and family to prevent me from devouring them all!! As for family recipes, my grandma uses an oatmeal raisin cookie recipe that is my favorite. I have no idea where the recipe came from but its different than any other oatmeal cookie recipe I’ve ever tried.
jaclyn, this post was a while ago, but I’d love to make your grandma’s oatmeal raisin cookie. These are our favorites and I’d love to try them! Can you post the recipe, please?
These peanut butter-oat-chip cookies look delicious, too!
Mmm nice cookies, I love the second photo with them all stacked up.
Looks yummy. I might even get the Milk Chocolate Acolyte to eat these since he’s so fond of peanut butter but hates baking chips… he’s strange.
I think I just found the cookie recipe of all cookie recipes!!! These sound (and look) absolutely amazing.
Oh, drool! Can you send over a dozen or so of those, please?
Whoa, heaven melted into heaven! It just doesn’t get a whole lot better, does it?
These cookies may make me break my Lenton promise of no white flour!! I have to try that method to make the cookies look crumbly on top. What a great trick!
I love peanut butter – in anything! sounds so…good! I’ve saved this recipe – it’s a keeper!
Big fat YUM!
These cookies look perfect and delicious! I love how big they are. Can’t wait to make them.
O-M-G!!! These cookies look AMAZING!! I’ve been craving chocolate chip cookies, and then you posted this!! Goodness!! I may have to make this tonight.
I needed this recipe about a month ago. I wanted to make cookies, but didn’t want to run to the store. I had the ingredients on hand to make either peanut butter or oatmeal cookies. My husband asked if we could have both, so I mixed together two recipes I had. They tasted like dog biscuits. I”m sure yours will be much yummier.
Thank you for this! Stumbledupon it tonight and it saved my butt!! Needed to make cookies, had not enough ingredients for my favorites. Turned out perfect. Glad to find your blog, will keep coming back for more. (Already see the Onion Ring recipe…)
These look kinda perfect! What a yummilicious crust!
Those look absolutely amazing and have 3 of my favorite ingredients…peanut butter, chocolate and oatmeal! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
I gave up sweets for a month to squelch my sweet tooth. It seems that now I’m a peanut butter addict. These cookies look like the perfect end to my sugar-free days…only about 15 days away now. Absolutely fantastic. I can’t wait to try these.
OMG I made these cookies last night and they were fantastic!!!! Great recipe! I only had chunky peanut butter and I think it added yet another dimension to the cookie and my husband and I could not stop eating them! Thanks for another great cookie recipe!
OH my gosh those look amazing. And with the oats in them you could pretend they’re healthier
My daughters don’t like oatmeal. My husband is not fond of peanut butter. I’m making these cookies tomorrow. Go on, ask me why.
No competition! They are gonna be alllllllll mine!
Oooo! These look just delectable! How could a cookie go wrong with pb, oats and choco chips?! Can’t wait to try them. They look so perfectly browned in your pictures!
Perfection. I made these today for a pitch in at work.
Oh man these are exactly what I’m looking for! Thanks! I’m going to make them right now
I just made these. My husband’s not a big fan of peanut butter cookies, but he loved these! They have almost a no-baked cookie flavor – sooooo good!
I needed to bake them a little longer than the 10 minutes, though – my oven runs about 50 degrees too hot, and even with the oven thermometer, it’s hard to get a good, even temp in there.
Another wonderful recipe!
I love oatmeal cookies… Something about them always reminds me of my mom because she always made them for us as kids. loving the peanut butter and chocolate, too. Perfect!
It looks great. Good combo of flavors. My fav is chewy…all the way.
these came out great!! love it…
OH MY these were too good to be true!! I made them exactly as you said, although I thought the 3tbsps of batter per cookie was going to be too much, it soo wasn’t and it made them nice and thick in the middle, and the perfect texture!
These were beyond a huge hit in my house and are now going to be our go to cookie recipe! thank you so much and I love love your blog!
Krista D
ps: your right, the dough was too good to resist! lol
Man these were really good! So soft!!
These are now my new favorite cookie. I made these over the weekend and had to bring some into work, so I didn’t eat them all..though I did set a few aside for just myself
These look delicious-they look so moist and gooey! Cookies are best when they come right out of the oven
I am a total peanut butter + chocolate addict so you can bet I’ll be making these very soon!
so yummy and moist!! these are great cookies..i will definitely make them over and over again
I TRIPLED this recipe the first time i made them! It wasn’t a mistake, they were gone in 24 hours. I passed them out to family and hubby, kids, and myself finished the rest! The best cookie recipe i have ever had. Thanks so much for the fantastic recipe!
This recipe is out of this world! I used chocolate chunks. This recipe is replacing my other pb cookies recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Sounds like all of my favorite cookies rolled up into one!
Can’t wait to try it out!
I’ve been looking for days for a different peanut butter cookie recipe. I have a standard one, which I enjoy, but I’ve been wanting to try something different, and nothing was really impressing me. I’ve been craving peanut butter cookies for awhile and then I saw these! Since I’m also a chocolate addict, and my husbands two favorite cookies are oatmeal and peanut butter, I have a feeling this will be a huge success in our household!
I’m trying them tomorrow!
I just took these cookies out of the oven and sampled a small one, HELLO delicious! I think my neighbor is going to be happy she invited me over today for tea!
I just made these and WOW! They were so delicious. I substituted whole wheat flour for regular flour and they still turned out great. Thanks for the recipe!
These cookies look amazing! I was just thinking this morning while eating my oatmeal that I put a spoon full of peanut butter in, that they would make a great cookie.
I can’t believe I haven’t found you yet. Ugh, Blogland is so big.
I found you thru RecipeSoup, BTW.
Thanks for the great recipe!
~Liz
The cookies are in the oven right now. You were right about resisting the dough temptation…
I love that these combine my 2 favorite cookies: oatmeal choc chip and peanut butter. The peanut butter flavor isn’t too intense and the oats give it a more interesting texture…and fiber so they’re great for you, right?
My only problem is that this recipe doesn’t make a whole lot of dough, will definitely double it next time!
I just made these and they are delicious. The oats are not obvious flavor wise but I am sure they added to the texture. The dough tasted just like Nutter-Butters! Mine took almost 15 minutes to bake and were definitely still underbaked before cooling (which is what I wanted) so they came out soft and chewy when cooled.
Amazing cookies! Just made these for my friends up at school. We all loved ‘em.
http://aepie.blogspot.com/2010/03/peanut-butter-oatmeal-chocolate-chip.html
Just finished making a double batch of these cookies tonight and they are fantastic! I had to kick up the temp 5 degrees and add about 3 minutes to the baking time but they were perfect! And you’re right they don’t look “done” but they finished just right. Thanks for the great new recipe! My husband loves them, says he needs a full glass of milk to eat just one. That’s a compliment!
Holy deliciousness! Just took these out of the oven and yum!! Doubt they’ll last long around here!
i just baked these today and my family LUVED them! thank you
Sooo chewy and flavorful! I made these this morning and they are almost gone! I will definitely make these again!
Super recipe! The dough was fantastic! Made them with a group of friends and they never actually made it to the oven… next time!
Made these again today (they did make it to the oven this time!). Wow! How delicious!!! I used the crinkle effect, too. I’ll definitely be using that on all my cookies from now on
My boyfriend just said these are the best cookies he has ever tasted, and he’s not trying to flatter me. They are perfect. Thanks for posting.
Hi Meagan – That’s awesome! Gotta love anything that impresses the boys
this is THE BEST peanut butter cookie recipe EVAAAR!
everyone i’ve made then form adores them. thank you for sharing!
ooh, and if you’re ever looking to spice things up, a teaspoon of cayenne pepper mixed in with the flour is magical (in a tricky haha you’re cookie is spicy, here have another kind of way).
^_______^
again, thanks for the recipe!
Hi Katy,
Oooh awesome tip about the cayenne! I would have never thought of that, I’ll have to give it a try, thanks!
awesome cookie!!! used maple syrup instead of vanilla and most ingredients including peanut butter were organic…..I needed 5 more minutes, I’m at over 9,000 feet
Hi, I found your website yesterday and am absolutely LOVING it. In Australia, we have never heard of some of your recipes, but i’m having an ace time checking them out. I have just taken these cookies out of the oven and WOW, they are an amazing combination. Congrats on the awesome website, keep up the great work!
Sarah
I made these cookies tonight and they turned out great. Only problem I had was the dough turned out really crumbly? What did I do wrong? I added some egg whites to the dough and it fixed my problem, but what caused the dough to be crumbly in the first place? I followed the directions exactly. Any advice?
i made these just this morning… except I vegan-ized them! and they came out great! crispy and chewy, and beautifully golden… DELISH! thanks for sharing again the tip on shaping the dough so it gets that really beautiful texture on the cookie.
how did you vegan-ize them? a friend of mine is vegan and i think he would enjoy these!
can’t stop leaving comments on every recipe, sorry . I just can’t wait to make these cookie recipes, I want to try them all, I think I’m goin to the supermarket now and buy the ingredients so I can start bakin
I just made these and they are wonderful! Thanks for sharing the recipe!! They are a hit in my home…made a double batch and I think I will be making another double batch real soon.
You are most welcome Donna! Mmm love double batches of cookies!
I made these cookies a couple hours ago and they are perfect! i will definitely be storing this recipe for future occasions.
So happy you liked them Rachael, thank you for stopping back to share your feedback!
Wow!!!!! These cookies are so good, think they will be gone very soon. Taking them to a friends house tonite. I made the cream cheese cinnamon rolls several weeks and they were the best I have ever tasted…Cant wait to try some more of these recipes…
Thanks for the recipes…. I’ll be back again soon.
Yay for cookies and cinnamon rolls! So happy you loved them both!
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
These are going straight into my ‘go to’ folder!
I made them & took them to work a couple of weeks ago… wow, I have never had so many people track me down to tell me how delicious my baking was!!
I often take goodies in to work & usually get good feedback, but these are seriously the favourite by far. People are still commenting on them now… I may have to do some more soon
Yay for impressing the coworkers Jayne! Glad these cookies were a hit!
I made these tonight— and people, THEY WERE FABULOUS!!! I love the smaller recipe because I make them without a mixer. This is just the perfect amount for today and tomorrow, and makes me want to make them again in soon!
Woo! So happy you loved these as much as I do!
This is a great recipe! I wanted to make a healthy low glycemic version and it totally worked. I substituted both the white and brown sugar for palm sugar and substituted half the flour for almond flour but kept the other half white flour. Almond flour really needs to be combined with other flours to work well. If you have never fooled around in the kitchen with palm sugar ( low glycemic and totally natural) and almond flour ( full of nutrients and protein) I highly suggest it. This recipe works nicely as does many others. Thanks!
Hi Kate, Thank you for the tips on adapting this recipe for low-glycemic baking, very helpful!
just made these, they are INCREDIBLE. the texture is amazing. they look so pretty and bakery-like. thanks for sharing this with us.
You are welcome Tanya! Thanks for stopping back to share your review, so glad you loved these!
thanks so much for this recipe! i just made these and they turned out amazingly delicious, if a little flat because i accidentally only put in 1/2 the baking soda!
Yay Kate! Oops, I’ve had that happen to me too, glad they’re still delicious!
These were amazing! My girls gobbled them up. I had to add to the cooking time by a whole 5 minutes though, I’m guessing because I used a thinner, organic peanut butter. This is a great cookie recipe – thanks for sharing!
So happy your girls loved these! A great after-school treat, for sure!
Awesome!!! This is the best cookie ever! I did a rare thing and followed the recipe exactly as written and boy oh boy am I happy I did!! Delicious…. Well, actually, one small substitution, which isn’t really a substitution…I used butter flavored shortening instead of butter, but that’s an even swap out.
So glad you loved these Elisa! And great to hear that a Crisco sub works well too, thanks for sharing!
I added skor toffee bits to this recipe, it made the cookies even more chewy and amazingly delicious!
Oooh love the addition of toffee bits, thank you for sharing!
Oh man… or some broken up Heath bars would be DIVINE, I bet!
We went to a 4th of July potluck at the beach this summer and someone brought the most amazing, home made chocolate chip cookies I had EVER tasted. They had peanut butter and oats. Alas, she would not give out the recipe!! I’ve searched once before for something similar and was about to wing it on my own (based on your recipe, I can see I would have been close) and then made one last ditch attempt to search online again today and found this. Voila! This MUST be them!! Butter is sitting on counter right now, waiting to get to room temperature!
I can never understand why people won’t share recipes! So crazy! Well, I am glad you found your way here and hope that these cookies lived up to the ones you had this summer!
I tried this recipe out and pleased 9 children! Not to metion the 3 adults. thank you so much for sgaring! YUMMMMY
sharing* LOL
Woo for pleasing kids and adults alike!
i am only 11 yrs old and these came out just like your picture!!!!!!!! they were so easy to make and they are so delicious!!! YUMMY!
Hi Becca, I’m so glad you enjoyed making these! Thanks for coming back to comment!
Tried these a couple months ago and now my husband asks me to make them on a weekly basis! They are perfect!
Gotta love when cookies make your man happy!
Do you use old fashioned or quick-cooking oats?
Hi Joan, old-fashioned oats.
Oh my dear goodness, I was so THRILLED to see your comment on my blog! I am such a big fan of you, your amazing site, and your recipes! I had to pass the wonderfulness on to my readers!!
Thanks for making my day! Wishing you a lovely Thanksgiving!
Aw you are so sweet Meg, hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
i think i am finally going to make these:-) do you refrigerate the dough before baking?
Nope, no refrigeration needed! Enjoy the cookies
Did a google search for chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, and yours popped up. Made a vegan version of this (vegan margarine/egg replacer) for a vegan birthday request at work. They turned out fabulous, and the bonus was finding your blog. I have a feeling I’ll be visiting often–thanks!
Awesome to know these can be adapted to be vegan-friendly! Thanks for sharing!
^^^ Had exactly this experience – googled chocolate chip oatmeal peanut butter cookies and found this recipe. Veganized it with margarine and egg replacer, and have a new favorite cookie. LOVE IT!
I made these yesterday and turned out great! The peanut butter flavor was subtle and the cookie dough was delicious!
I made these last night and followed the recipe exactly and they turned out awesome!! So chewy and delicious….one question though. Both my boyfriend and I thought it could use a little more oatmeal, could I add more and leave the rest of the ingredients as is, or should I add more liquid somewhere?
Jill – I think you could add a little more and leave the rest of the quantities okay, maybe decrease the chips a bit to make up for the extra heft.
We left out the egg, didn’t replace it with anything, added extra oats, and they turned out fine! The batter was quite wet to start with, so all was well.
On Christmas everyone agreed that these were the best cookies to ever come from my kitchen! I agree! These are friggin beautiful and over the top good! Oh my…fresh out of the oven with a cold glass of milk! HELLO! Mommy like! I pointed my sister to the website….she made them, and instead of milk chocolate chips like I use, she went with half semi sweet, half chopped up reeses p.b. cups! num-num-num!
Just followed the link from the Bankingdom blog. So glad I did! Just finished baking these cookies and they are the awesome!! Decided not to bake all of the batter at once. Good thing I didn’t because I would have eaten every single one of these delicious cookies. Only had mini chocolate chips on hand but that doesn’t seem to have had an adverse effect. Love these and will be making them again. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Looking forward to exploring the rest of your site for more great recipes=)
Just made these and they are delicious! Perfect amount of oats, chocolate and peanut butter! YUM!
I stumbled upon your blog last weekend and am in LOVE! It is my new time filler. This was the first recipe I tried–and WOW. AMAZING! I have a very picky eater for a husband and they got his approval. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to try more!
OMG! I made these for a church class tomorrow night… they are SO DELICIOUS!!! I made them a little smaller so they’d go a little further… ended up with 54 cookies when I doubled the recipe. AND! I must say, I love the little trick to get the bumpy tops. They come out SO freakin’ yummy looking!
Oh wow! I am so making these this weekend!!!
I just made these TWO nights in a row. My boyfriend barely eats desserts or cookies and he loved them last night. I took the rest of the batch to work today so I wouldn’t eat them all and all my co workers loved them. Tonight I was tempted to make them again, and my boyfriend said “yeah make them, and I can take the rest to work tomorrow.” I’ve NEVER seen him ask for cookies!! HUGE HIT
This has to be the best cookie recipe I’ve ever made. SO SO SO good. Thank you!
Hello! Thank you so much for providing these recipes! I looked at this one, and I immediately wanted to try it out. I did, and the taste was wonderful! However, I didn’t understand the shaping method for the cookies. Could you explain? I did read it on the other recipe, but I was a bit confused… xD
As for how your cookies look, all round and perfect, mine came out flat and without that toasty look. What do you recommend to do? Would adding oats help?
Once again, thank you so much!
Hi Misaki, I wouldn’t add any more oats, as they are already in the recipe. To shape, basically roll the dough into ball, then pull it apart in half (so the jagged edges are facing each other), then turn those halves up (so the jagged edges are now facing up), then press them together (side by side) to make them round again, with the jagged edges on top. Hope that explanation helps!
OMG………..these are perfect! I love chewy cookies so when I found your recipe I had to try them right away and all I can say is Oh My God.
I just found your website and your recipes all look so deliscious! This was the first one I have tried and I loved these cookies. So yummy!
Thank You,
Kristina Jany
Oh these are dangerously good! I featured them on my blog today and will be taking some to work tomorrow and sending the rest with my hubby so that I don’t end up eating them all myself! I just started following your blog and I am so excited for all of the great recipes! Keep up the good work! Enjoy your day! Positive vibes…D
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