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Monster Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen

Monster Cookies

Teresa Ambra
These Monster-sized cookies are filled with peanut butter, peanuts, M&M's, butterscotch chips and oatmeal for a big whopper-sized taste. Great for holiday baking, tailgating parties and birthday celebrations.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine American
Servings 36
Calories 236 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 spatula
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 1/4 cup cookie scoop

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar packed
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 4 cups oatmeal
  • 1 cup m&ms plus more to place on top of the cookies
  • 1 cup Nestle's Toll House butterscotch chips plus more to place on top of the cookies
  • 1 cup peanuts salted
  • 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream peanut butter, butter, sugars, egg, baking soda and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Stir in oats, M&Ms, butterscotch chips and peanuts, (the dough will be crumbly).
  • Allow mixture to rest 10 minutes.
  • Add flour and stir to combine.
  • This may take 4-5 minutes to get the dough completely stirred.
  • Scoop with a one-quarter cup cookie scoop.
  • Place dough on greased baking sheets, about 9 cookies on each sheet.
  • Gently flatten cookies.
  • Press a few extra M&Ms on top.
  • Bake at 325˚ for 12-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every seven minutes of baking time.
  • Remove to wire racks to cool.

Notes

NOTE: My whopper-sized cookies took about 18-22 minutes to bake. Your oven may cook these cookies faster.
 
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 236kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 113mgFiber: 2gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 119IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
Keyword butterscotch chips, cookies, dessert, M&Ms, oatmeal, oatmeal cookie, peanut butter, peanuts
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