In Mexico, street carts frequently sell this fruit salad. I added fresh pineapple, bananas, and chopped mint for color and a unique touch. Extremely reviving.
| Servings: | 72 |
| Yield: | 6 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups shortening
- 1 ½ cups peanut butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and peanut butter. Add brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla; mix well.
- Combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 12 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 117 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 95 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very good recipe. Needed more Pb, Wasn’t sweet enough for our taste Added 1/2 c more peanut butter 1/2 white sugar 2 c semisweet chocolate chips Was very good
Really love these cookies. They are not too sweet. I used butter and they were flaky and buttery.
These cookies are SO GOOD. Made a few little changes/additions: used 1 C shortening and 1/2 C butter; used bleached white flour in same amount; added almond extract; added candy-coated peanut butter “pieces”; added chopped dry roasted peanuts. Next time (very soon) I’ll also add mini milk chocolate chips in addition to the rest- I like lots of “stuff” in my cookies. These cookies are tender like shortbread but still hold together well.
This recipe satisfied the craving for a peanut butter cookie!
Used Splenda+brown sugar instead of straight brown sugar. Used a combo of creamy peanut butter & cashew butter.
Used Splenda+brown sugar instead of straight brown sugar. Used a combo of creamy peanut butter & cashew butter.
Yum. These cookies are not too sweet, just right. I added a cup of toasted walnuts and 2/3 cup of chocolate chips. I pressed them down just enough to flatten the dome of the cookie as I like “fat” cookies. They were plenty moist and made 3 /1 2 dozen good sized cookies. I also used old fashioned oats as that is the only thing I use, I’m just old fashioned myself! I didn’t have any problem with spreading as some bakers reported.
Delicious! My changes: 2 C peanut butter (1 16 oz. jar), 1/2 C applesauce, 2 sticks of butter, 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Next time I’ll cut back to 2 eggs to try and make them a bit firmer and less crumbly.
I love these cookies! I added chocolate chips and some peanuts. Thank you for posting the recipe!
The worst recipe ever and it tasted horrible.
These were great! Husband loves them. I did however add a bag of chocolate chips which made a delicious difference but overall, a great recipe
Yummy but needed more peanut butter
What a waste of time and money on these cookies. I hope the birds will eat them
Excellent!
My husband said these are the best peanut butter cookies EVER!
Made them for the office. I will definitely make them again.
I made these as written with the addition of 1/2 cup dry peanuts. They turned out wonderful. Lots of flavor, and a lot of cookies. Easy and fast. It took longer to bake than to mix. Thank you for sharing.
I just finished making these cookies, usually the first time making something new I like to follow the recipe exact but I didn’t have any Whole wheat flour so I used white, they came out perfectly, I highly recommend this recipe.
Probably the most dry, tasteless cookie I have ever had. I followed the directions exactly, and it made a lot of cookies that I will probably throw out. Don’t even know how to adjust the recipe enough to make these better, so. I will be looking for a different peanut butter / oatmeal cookie recipe.
perfect Mother’s Day Cookies
I have made these cookies twice now. Get about 60 cookies and they are all gone within 4 days (family of 4). Thank you for these amazing cookies!