Wee Willie Winkee Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Wee Willie Winkee Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup peanut butter; 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup shortening; 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 egg; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (you can sub all purpose); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup oats; chopped nuts; raisins or dry cranberries; chocolate chips

Submitted by momaphet

"This was adaptated from a cook book where each chapter was dedicated to special guest - in this case for the cookie chapter it was Mother Goose. When made with whole wheat pastry flour and leaving out the chocolate chips, I also refer to these as "better than Cheerios for breakfast cookies". My kids always loved them, especially with the chocolate chips! You can use smooth or chunky p'nut butter, and quick or old fashioned oats. These are a firm cookie, great for sack lunches. Cooking time is per cookie sheet."

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photo by HokiesMom

Ready In:: 24mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 48 cookies

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup peanut butter
¹⁄₄ cup butter
¹⁄₄ cup shortening
1 ¹⁄₄ cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (you can sub all purpose)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup oats
Optional add-ins
chopped nuts
raisins or dry cranberries
chocolate chips

directions

Preheat oven to 350
Beat together first 4 ingredients until creamy, add egg and vanilla; beat well.
Stir together flour, salt, baking powder, and salt, add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Stir in oats and any add-ins.
form into 1" balls ( a small scoop helps) and place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 12-14 minutes.
Note Don't use regular whole wheat flour the cookies will be too dry.

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Reviews

Tasty bundles of peanut butter goodness! I received 46 cookies out of the recipe using a small 1 tbls size scoop. They do not spread so you get this puffy cookie packed full of yumminess. I used the option of adding about 2/3 c mini chocolate chips to these and they turned out great. Next time I want to use dried cranberries. One little hint - near the end of baking cut the time by a minute or so as my last two trays were getting darker at 12 minutes than the first (could be my oven) but worth mentioning. 11 minutes would have been perfect for the last tray. Made for Photo Tag game.

HokiesMom
Yum! These have the flavor you would expect from a peanut butter cookie, and the added goodness of whole grains to boot. Who wouldn't feel good giving these to kids for a treat? Mine came out a bit crumbly, but I'm guessing that is because I used all butter instead of the butter/shortening combo. I used white wheat flour, and I agree that regular whole wheat would be much too dry and toothy. We are a mixed family when it comes to chocolate/no chocolate in PB cookies, so when I took the pan from the oven I pressed a few chocolate chips into the tops of half the cookies. Problem solved :). Thanks for posting, momaphet! Made for ZWT 8: The Wild Bunch.

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