"Workin' on the Weekend" Cookies
Serves: about 4 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chunk-style peanut butter
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated white sugar
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1-1/2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 1 or 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
  3. In large bowl of electric mixer at medium speed, beat together peanut butter, butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in oat mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and coconut by hand.
  4. Drop dough by heaping tablespoonsful, spaced about 1-inch apart, onto parchment-lined (or ungreased) baking sheet. Bake for 10-11 minutes or until golden. Let cookies sit for a minute on sheet and then remove to wire rack to cool.
Recipe by The Culinary Cellar at https://theculinarycellar.com/workin-weekend-cookies/