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!
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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.
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I wouldn’t even try to resist eating the dough. Heh. They look amazing, totally my kind of cookie.
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.
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.
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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).
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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.
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