Recipe - PB And O Snackers

3 cup Oldfashioned rolled oats
(not quickcooking)
1 cup Allpurpose flour
2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Salt (if peanut butter is
unsalted)
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon Baking soda
2 Sticks unsalted butter; at
room temperature
1 cup Peanut butter; chunky or
smooth
1 cup Light brown sugar; firmly
packed
1 cup Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips or
raisins

1. Preheat oven to moderate (350 degrees).

2. Stir together oats, flour, cinnamon, salt (if using), nutmeg and baking
soda in a large bowl.

3. Beat together butter, peanut butter and brown and white sugar in large
bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

4. Beat in oat mixture on lowest speed until blended. Stir in chips or
raisins by hand. (Dough can be refrigerated, covered, up to 24 hours, or
used immediately.)

5. If using unchilled dough, drop onto ungreased baking sheets without
rolling and do not flatten. Scoop chilled dough by rounded tablespoons,
roll into balls between palms, and place on greased baking sheets, spacing
2 inches apart. Flatten to 1/2inch thickness with palm of hand.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 1215 minutes or until golden and just firm
around edges. Cool on baking sheets on racks for 2 minutes. Drizzle with
dark and white chocolates, if you wish. Transfer to racks to cool
completely. Store airtight up to 3 days. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

FAMILY CIRCLE, 2/1/1991

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.