Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies from Just So Tasty

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies - made September 16, 2022 from Just So Tasty

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup quick oats

1/2 cup old-fashioned oats

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and peanut butter until fluffy.
2. Mix in the egg and vanilla. 
3. On low speed, add in the flour, baking soda and salt, mixing until just combined. Mix in the oats.
4. Portion dough into balls, cover and chill or freeze for several hours or overnight.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and evenly space dough balls. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are set and middles no longer look raw or shiny.

I actually first tried this recipe during the early months of the pandemic but never blogged about them as I wasn't in the right headspace to keep baking and blogging at the same time. Back then, along with the rest of the world, I did whatever brought comfort and didn't "make" myself do anything I didn't want to. It was enough to get through the day without mishap.

But I did keep a draft of the recipe so I could get back to it "someday". And someday has arrived. I was doubling up on the care packages I've been baking for Soldiers Angels as there are currently a lot of deployed military service members who've signed up for packages and, for the moment, there doesn't seem to be enough supply to meet the demand.

That's where it comes in handy to have easy cookie recipes to make. Although chocolate chip cookies are the most requested in care packages, I tend to vary the types of cookies I send and I gravitate to the hearty ones that have peanut butter and/or oatmeal. 

Not that that makes the cookies healthy, thanks to the butter and sugar, but hey, it gives the illusion, right? I don't have a picture of the inside of the cookie since I didn't eat one but I remember these being a good combination of peanut butter and oatmeal, moist and chewy. They don't spread too much. The ones you see were only briefly chilled and I only left them in the freezer for as long as the oven took to preheat.