banana peanut butter oatmeal cookies

don't you LOVE it when a recipe has everything you need to use?

http://bakingbites.com/2009/05/peanut-butter-banana-oatmeal-cookies/

I used that recipe.. but stupid me, I used three bananas which is WAY more than 1/4 C banana.. WAY more.  -_-  Now i understand WHY b/c the banana flavor definitely overpowers... even after I eyeballed more amounts of oatmeal, flour, sugar, and peanut butter...The proceeding batter has more peanut butter still.

I was going to add choco chips but I feel like that may distract. (i did add a splash of vanilla)

thoughts?

It's sort of like.. banana bread; in cookie form.  (b/c it's soft).  and as per my usual baking endeavors, it's goshdarn tasty!

may make a batch with cinnamon
and a batch with some choco chips after all.

i have a BUNCH of dough.

Also, this is also one of those doughs that just TASTES good.. you could just eat it.  (it only has 1 raw egg anyway).  when I was just blending wet ingredients; gosh; peanut butter and banana blended with an egg and sugar?  Mm MMMmmmm!!!!

baking fail.

was it the 3-4 batches i miserably burned?
nope.
it was .. eating about 2 dozen cookies.. for "good" reasons such as to see if it was good, to see how it tasted with chocolate added, with the excuse that it's burnt no one will want it, and then just a moment of weak willpower.

let's not add the momentary times of just eating bits of dough.

now i feel gross.

ACTUALLY
i don't feel gross.
I feel full! :-)

anyway

THESE were a success
and i'd suggest adding 1/2 C chopped chocolate chips! but plain is nice too.

All Recipes JACKPOT!

I made this once for guests we had over.  AMAZINGLY good:  make sure that you don't leave it in the oven too long; then when it cools it's just very very crisp, and not that good actually.  I like it b/c there's a BUNCH of oats in it.  i like that.

i omit nuts b/c I don't have any, but I think they would add a LOT to the cookie in terms of texture.

Finally, trying to cream frozen butter = a pain in the butt.  a big big pain.    a, brownsugar/whitesugar mixture flies out of the bowl all over your feet kind of pain.

Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Rated:	Prep Time: 15 Minutes	Ready In: 55 Minutes
Submitted By: PANTHERA	Cook Time: 12 Minutes	Servings: 42

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup butter, softened 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups quick-cooking oats 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2.	In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
3.	Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Made a bunch for the students today to celebrate end of first quarter.

I'm just sad I made them so small :-/

Oatmeal ChocoChip cookies

so i'm just trying to get rid of random ingredients as i pack up and move.

we have a lot of oats, chocolate chips and raisins.  come on now!  :-)

sooooo i perused my favorite food blog and came across pioneer woman's oatmeal crispies

i decided to do things my way though.. 

2 cup brown sugar  (i had to get rid of the sugar)

1 cup white sugar

2 sticks of butter/margarine  (one of each)  (i don't own crisco. it's nasty)

(mix!)

add:

about 1/2 c veggie oil (eyeballed it.. to keep it relatively proportionate)

3 eggs

1.5 tsp vanilla (about... i put 2 capfuls of safeway vanilla flavoring)

mix!

add

1.5 tsp salt  (sort of)

1.5 tsp baking soda (again eyeballed)

2 1/3 c flour (eyeballed.. maybe 2 1/2 cup..)

4 cups of oats

mix mix

add 1/2 bag of chocolate chips

1/2 bag of raisins

uhh let's see.

maybe 2 cups of each?

add 1/8 cup of walnuts (i only had that much)

mix mix!!!

spoon onto baking pan

bake at 350 for 18 minutes.

hopefully they'll turn out okay!  HAHAHA

update:

they didnt spread too much  (but leave aboute 1-2 inches between each cookie glob)

soft and not too sweet!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chewies

Okay, so I suck at titles.

Anyway: i found a recipe

and i didn't have eggs, enough pb, or chocolate or pb chips... so...

i did something different

eyeballed ~ 1.1/4 cup of flour

1/2 cup butter

1/2~2/3 cup of peanut butter

~1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa

eye balled 1/4 (maybe less) .. basically a big chunk of brown sugar.

3/4 cup white sugar (eyeballed in a 1 cup)

2.5 Tb plain yogurt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda