Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies

Prep Time: Depends on who’s “helping” me

Cook Time 12 Minutes (usually I try to move racks half way through)

Makes: 70 ish cookies

Ingredients

1½  sticks Butter

½ cups White Sugar

1½ cups Brown Sugar, Packed

2 whole Large Eggs

1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

½ cup Peanut Butter

1½ cups All-purpose Flour

½ teaspoons Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

2 teaspoons Kosher Salt

1½ cups Oats

½ cup Chocolate Chips (dark)

A bunch of Reeses Pieces

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Throw the first 6 ingredients in the kitchen aid.  I usually throw the butter in straight from the fridge, who can plan ahead enough to “soften” the butter. 

I never mix my dry ingredients and then add to the wet.  What a pain in the rear end.  I put the soda, powder and salt directly in the mixer while it’s going and then start adding flour.  After that, add in the oats.  I turn off the mixer and add the chocolate chips and reeses pieces by hand.  I don’t want broken pieces in my cookies, but I suppose it all ends up tasting the same.

I truthfully can't measure diameter by sight, so I will forgo the typical __inch ball directions. Scoop some dough up and put it on a cookie sheet.  I put about 15 balls on a standard sized cookie sheet. I like to use my stoneware jellyroll pans. Then bake until lightly golden.  Don’t over-bake since they will keep cooking after you pull the pan out of the oven.  I move mine to a cooling rack after a few minutes on the pan.