I love to bake cookies. Most of them bake quickly, cool quickly, and are easy to share. Needless to say, I was excited about this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe – Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters. I’ve made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and normal chocolate chip cookies; but putting all 3 of these cookies together as one? This recipe made a ton of cookies and received rave reviews from the many people I shared these with.
My cookies came out large and flat – I was in a rush to get these baked and packed up, so I didn’t chill the dough as Dorie suggests in her recipe. They were really delicious though – chewy, with a subtle peanut flavor and just enough chocolate in each cookie. Even though there are 3 cups of oatmeal in the dough, there was no actual visual evidence of oatmeal in them. I used super-chunky peanut butter, which added a nice crunchy dimension.
I loved these cookies, but the problem with cookies is the number of recipes and variations out there – with so many different cookies to try, I rarely bake the same recipe twice. Still, I definitely recommend these cookies to feed a crowd, and these are also very kid-friendly! If I were to try these again, i would definitely chill them – I was kind of hoping for a taller, chunkier cookie – mine spread and were very flat. Still tasted great, but there’s something lovely about a very thick cookie (I think I’m just daydreaming about one of the best cookies I’ve ever had, from Levain bakery in NYC!).
Check out the TwD blogroll for more takes on this delicious cookie, and visit this week’s host, Proceed with Caution, for the full recipe!
i loved these cookies, too. i’m with you, i barely do the same cookie recipe twice. i’m always looking for that “best ever” one.
These look great!!
No wonder these got rave reviews-they’re gorgeous!
We chilled the dough and they did not spread out. But I think yours look just wonderful!
These look beautiful!
Looking at your beautiful photos made me regret giving away all of my cookies today. I wish I was nibbling on one right now!
These look great Carmen. Do you recommend I chill them first like Dorie suggests, or as you did? I hardly bake anything twice, but I have to keep a stash of lunchbox cakes (banana, etc) and child-friendly cookies for the greedy kiddo at all times or there’ll be hell to pay.
Your “spread-out” cookies sure look nice, even if you would have preferred them thicker!
A chipster, huh? That in my book is easly translated to healthy cookie – lol. Great job here and those pics are great.
Chilling definitely helps in the spreading department, it took me forever to figure that out! Whatever the case your cookies still look delish!
I agree. There are just so many cookies to try, just waiting to be baked and eaten! Your cookies look great.
But that’s what they must look like!!! I loathe neat, perfect shop type cookies and yours look absolutely incredible!
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