When my husband Bill has to work some weekends, he loves to have a stash of some homemade cookies to keep him going the long hours. Bill is a structural engineer and has to climb around and inspect large steel structures which can be tiring and he sometimes feels the need for a sugar rush. Not to mention he is a cookie monster.
This is one of those times he has to work all day and into the evening so I decided to make him a filling cookie this morning with peanut butter, chocolate chips, oatmeal, and coconut, all his favorites.
The recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies and they freeze well, which means I can save some for the next time there is a long working day. However, I am betting they won’t last that long. He’ll probably go retrieve them from the freezer next time there is a game on television.
- 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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 1 or 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
Perfect timing for the ‘workin’ on the weekend cookies’ since my hubby has been working 6 days a week recently, too. I’ll have to whip up a batch today! Thanks for sharing!