The BEST Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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Perfectly soft and chewy Peanut butter oatmeal cookies made with quick oats, peanut butter, brown sugar. Baked to cookie perfection.

If oatmeal cookies and peanut butter cookies had a baby, this would be it! These are a great combination of two of my favorite cookie recipes. It’s a recipe that I’m so excited to share with you today.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies are super soft and tender and are packed with both oatmeal cookie and peanut butter flavors which I just love. They are so great warm, and they store well, too!

This is one of my favorite cookies to make on the weekend and stick in lunch boxes all week long. I can’t wait for you to make these.

Ingredients:

Butter: butter is the best for cookies, it adds great flavor and helps the texture to be nice and crisp
Creamy peanut butter: I like to use the thicker peanut butter here that is not the natural kind, if it's too drippy your cookies will spread when baking
Granulated and brown sugar: both sugars are great and add color and flavor to the finished cookies
Eggs: these help everything to stick together well
Oatmeal: I like to use instant or quick cooking oats for this recipe, they tend to be smaller pieces than old-fashioned oats and the texture is a little lighter
Flour: this helps everything come together

Recipe Directions:

This is a classic cookie recipe. You are going to cream together the butter and peanut butter, then add the sugars and cream until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix.
Then add all of the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Make into balls, bake, and enjoy! So simple!

picture of a baking sheet of oatmeal peanut butter cookies

Can you freeze peanut butter oatmeal cookies or oatmeal cookie dough?

Yes! I love making a double batch of cookie dough and freezing half of it for a later day basically every time I make cookies. Having cookie dough in the freezer is SO much fun! Plus who doesn't love cookies on demand? Perfect for when you need a few cookies after dinner or when a friend drops in.

What is the best method to freeze cookie dough?

To freeze the oatmeal cookie dough, make the dough into balls and then let them freeze for a few hours on the cookie tray (or in a dish so that they aren’t touching much). After the cookie dough balls have frozen through, add them to an air-tight container or a freezer zipper-top baggie. When you are ready to bake the dough, simply preheat your oven, place the frozen cookie dough balls on a baking sheet like you would fresh dough, and bake, adding 2-4 minutes to the suggested cook time, as needed. No need to thaw ahead of time.

Frequently Asked Questions:

What kind of oatmeal is best for cookies?

In oatmeal cookies, old-fashioned oats will give you a chewier texture, and quick oats will be slightly less chewy, but the flavor is the same. It’s really personal preference which one you like better for baking, and it also depends on what the recipe calls for. For this recipe, I like quick oats the best for the softer texture but still great oatmeal cookie flavor.

Should I use salted or unsalted butter?

The correct answer is use unsalted butter for baked goods, that way you can control the amount of salt in the recipe. That being said, I love a little extra salt in things so baking with salted butter is no issue. Use what you like and use what you have for this recipe. If you are sensitive to salt, use unsalted! If you like things a little salty (me!) use salted butter.

What peanut butter is best for making peanut oatmeal cookies?

The best peanut butter to use when making these cookies is a
creamy peanut butter like Skippy or Jif. Steer clear of natural
peanut butter for this recipe because it will change the texture of
the cookies.

These cookies won't spread much unless you press them down gently before cooking. The left cookie is pressed down before baking and the right cookie was not pressed down. The right cookie is slightly more soft though than the left (because it's thicker).

Love peanut butter oatmeal cookies? You might also like these oatmeal cookie recipes:

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Soft Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

★★★★★

5 from 7 reviews

Author: Melissa Griffiths - Bless this Mess
Total Time: 40 min
Yield: 4 dozen 1x

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Description

Perfectly soft and chewy peanut butter oatmeal cookies made with quick oats, peanut butter, brown sugar. Baked to cookie perfection.

Ingredients

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1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark)
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ½ cups quick-cooking oats (also called instant or minute oats)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
In a large bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer) beat together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar, until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes (using a hand mixer if you don't have a stand mixer is a good option.)
Add the two eggs and vanilla and mix to combine.
Add the oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to the bowl and mix to combine well.
Let the mixture rest for 5 minutes and then stir again (this gives the oats time to absorb some of the moisture giving you the nice cookie dough texture).
Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, place a large tablespoon of dough on the baking sheet, about 3 inches apart.
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, until the edges are set and lightly browned.
Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing from the sheet and placing on a wire rack to cool.
Enjoy right away. Store extras in an air-tight container for up to a week or in the freezer for much longer.

Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Category: Cookies
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American

Keywords: peanut butter, oatmeal cookies, cookies, peanut butter oatmeal cookies, best peanut butter cookies

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies will become one of your go-to cookie recipes. They are chewy, soft, and taste so good! I can’t wait for you to whip these up.