Name: Chunky Monster Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup peanut butter; ½ cup butter; 1 tbsp molasses; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 2 cups white sugar; 2 cups rolled oats; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; Optional Mix-Ins, any of the following:; 2 cups dried fruit; 2 cups Chocolate or peanut butter M&Ms; 2 cups nuts

Chunky Monster Cookies Recipe

Dawn Mccoy Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Chunky Monster Cookies

These flavorful monster cookies are an absolute hit with the children. It’s gooey, chunky, and sweet – you’re in for a sugar rush! Try it at home.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

½cuppeanut butter
½cupbutter
1tbspmolasses
1tspvanilla extract
2eggs
2cupswhite sugar
2cupsrolled oats,old-fashioned
2cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
1tspbaking powder
½tspsalt
1tspground cinnamon

Optional Mix-Ins, any of the following:

2cupsDried fruit
2cupsChocolate or peanut butter M&Ms,
2cupsnuts

Instructions

Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream together peanut butter, butter, molasses, and vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add sugar and mix until incorporated.
Place oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and whisk until combined.
Add dry ingredients a bit at a time to wet ingredients. Mix until combined.
Drop in your mix-ins, stir gently to combine.
Using a cookie scoop, drop cookie dough in golf-ball sized portions on prepared pans. Leave about 3 inches between cookies.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or just until golden on the edges.
Allow cookies to cool about 3 minutes on the pan. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.