Description
Delicious and chewy peanut butter oatmeal cookies loaded with caramel and chocolate chips.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (plus more for sprinkling over baked cookies)
- 11 ounces caramel bits
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus more for topping cookies if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Add butter, peanut butter and brown sugar to bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
- Next, add eggs and vanilla, mixing until combined.
- Add flour, oats, baking soda and salt, mix thoroughly.
- Mix in the chocolate chips and caramel bits until well combined.
- Use a medium cookie scoop and place dough 2 inches apart on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
- Mash cookies with a fork crosswise if you like flatter cookies or keep in rounds if you would like fatter cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until edges are lightly browned.
- Press extra chocolate chips into each cookie and sprinkle with a bit of salt if desired.
- Cool cookies on baking sheet for 2 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Great for sharing or as an easy dessert for gatherings!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg