With all the leftover Easter candy in our house I decided I needed to put it to good use. I have never tried Monster Cookies before and stumbled across this recipe from www.lovegrowswild.com. It is super easy and packed full of chocolate chips, M&Ms, peanut butter, and oats. You really can't go wrong with that combination. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup M&Ms
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a small/medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and baking powder and then set aside. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer cream together the butter and brown sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix in the peanut butter. Continue to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix well. Slowly add in the flour mixture until just combined. Stirring by hand mix in the chocolate chips, M&Ms, and oats. Using a 1/4 measuring cup scoop out dough and form into a ball and place on the parchment lined cookie sheet.
Space the cookies a few inches apart. I had about 6 cookies to a sheet. Bake 11-13 minutes. You want the edges slightly brown and the top of the cookies will look undercooked. Take out of the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack or counter. Makes about 15 cookies. Enjoy!