Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Combine oats and baking soda in a small bowl.
- Using a hand or stand mixer beat peanut butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla until smooth, approximately 3 minutes. Add in dry ingredients and combine with a wooden spoon.
- Gently fold in chocolate chunks and any other add-ins you would like! Other fun ideas could be dried fruit, peanut butter chips, or nuts.
- Shape the dough into 2-inch balls, either by hand or with a scoop, and place onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Before placing the cookies in the oven, I recommend using 3 fingers to flatten, ever so slightly, the tops of each cookie - this is because the cookies won't flatten or spread much on their own - make sure to dampen your hand either under the kitchen faucet or with a bit of cooking spray.
- Sprinkle a little sea salt on top of each cookie.
- Place cookies in the oven and bake for 9-11 minutes, remove when the edges begin to turn golden. The cookies will continue to cook once they are removed from the oven, so I like to make sure they look a little undercooked in the middle, this keeps them soft and chewy. Cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack where they can cool completely.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Ambitious Kitchen