Flourless Jumbo Peanut Butter Monster Cookies
Flourless, delicious, chewy peanut butter oatmeal monster cookie made a little healthier! You would never know there wasn't flour in these monsters!
Servings: 12 Monster Cookie Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- ¾ cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter use sugar free or natural peanut butter for healthier option
- ¼ cup butter or 1/4 cup applesauce, softened
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar or use your favorite healthy sweetener
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 & ⅓ cups quick oats or gluten-free quick oats Or, you can use old-fashioned oats or gluten-free old-fashioned oats. You can also use a mix of quick and old-fashioned oats, or add more oats for thicker cookies. Choose the type of oats based on how you want your cookie texture to be. For chewier - go with old-fashioned.
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 generous pinch of salt add 1/2 teaspoon if you want more salty flavor
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup M&M's or reese's pieces
- ½ cup additional add-ins like nuts, candies, raisins, etc. (I used more M&M's and chocolate chips.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, cream peanut butter, butter and sugars until well blended and smooth and then beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Add in the baking soda, baking powder, oats and salt and mix together. Will be on the runny side.
- Stir in chocolate chips, m&ms and whatever add-ins you want.
- Use a large cookie scoop for perfectly proportioned sizes - 1/4 cup scoop or drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 6 large cookies per baking sheet lining with parchment paper.
- Bake 12-14 minutes or until edges are browned. Let sit on baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing. Remove from pans with spatula to wire racks to cool. Store in airtight containers.
- These freeze well too!
Notes
For smaller cookies, reduce time to 8-10 minutes, medium cookies bake 10-12 minutes and large cookies bake 12-14 minutes.