Day 4 of my 12 days of cookies: Trifecta Cookies. What the heck are trifecta cookies? Well, they’re the perfect blend of chocolate chip, oatmeal, and peanut butter cookies, all rolled into one. They were deeeelish. The oatmeal didn’t overpower the rest of the cookie. In fact, you could barely even tell it was there. My DB even finished a whole cookie. He NEVER eats anything with oatmeal! I normally don’t eat peanut butter cookies, but I ate three of these right out of the oven. Bottom line? These cookies are here to please everyone… even the haters.
I sent these cookies out to the winners of my last giveaway and got wonderful feedback from them. So far, they’ve been loved all around! I substituted reduced fat peanut butter for the regular peanut butter, and it really didn’t make a difference. Who knew that you can skimp on the fat and still have it taste good? Not me! These cookies are ever so slightly adapted from The Novice Chef Blog.
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 creamy natural peanut butter (I used reduced fat Jif peanut butter)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- Cream together butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract on medium speed for about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat to combine. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add in the flour and mix until combined. Stir in the oats and the chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate the dough overnight or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll the dough out into balls and place about two inches apart on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes until golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes on baking sheet then move to a wire rack. Makes 22-24 cookies.
Beautiful cookies ;-D
I am definitely making these today!
These sound great, unfortunately I try to bake nut free (got a niece with nut allergy!) Any ideas what I could substitute the pb with?
these look soooo great
I just made a batch of these cookies and they are so yummy!