Peanut Butter Monster Cookies from Kroll’s Korner

Peanut Butter Monster Cookies - made dough September 24, 2022 from Kroll's Korner 

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup cake flour

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup mini M&Ms

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 heaping cup quick oats

1/2 cup chopped peanuts

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Whisk together flour, cake flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add in the creamy peanut butter, then egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract, mixing briefly after each addition to combine.
4. Add the dry ingredients on low speed in two additions, mixing until just combined after each addition. Mix in the M&Ms, chocolate chips, oats and chopped peanuts until just combined.
5. Form dough into 6 large dough balls and place on a cookie sheet. Flatten each dough ball slightly and press a few M&Ms on top. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops of cookies are golden brown. Cool on baking sheet for 15 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Continuing with the Halloween theme by using Halloween add ins, in this case, Halloween mix of M&Ms. The original recipe called for making these behemoth cookies and normally I'd do at least one big one and make the rest normal sized. But since I didn't feel like eating a huge peanut butter cookie, I made them all small. These don't spread so make them as big or small and as thick or thin as you want the final product to be. It's a good peanut butter and oatmeal cookie and keeping them thick ensures they're less likely to crumble in mailing. I didn't have peanuts on hand so I didn't include them. Instead I just added more chocolate chips and M&Ms.