LUNCHBOX COOKIES

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These cookies are wonderful to add to a lunch box or to have after school. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (February 1987)

Provided by ellie_

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 40m

Yield 3-4 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 2/3 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons orange zest
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons butter or 10 tablespoons margarine, room temperature
1/2 cup peanut butter (I prefer chunky)
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 1/3 cups white sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups peanuts, chopped (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
  • Spead oats on baking sheet and toast in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until oats are golden brown, stirring occassinally. Set aside.
  • Increase oven temperature to 350-degrees F.
  • Combine flour, orange peel, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl cream butter and peanut butter until light.
  • Add sugars (brown and white) and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time and continue beating. Stir in vanilla.
  • Fold in flour mixture.
  • Fold in browned oatmeal and peanuts.
  • Drop batter onto baking sheets by tablespoons, spacing 3-inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with a fork making criss-cross lines on the cookies.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until done (cookies will begin to brown around edges).
  • Cool in pans for 5 minutes before transferring cookies to racks to finish cooling.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1676.2, Fat 68.5, SaturatedFat 30.8, Cholesterol 225.8, Sodium 1724.9, Carbohydrate 242.8, Fiber 11.7, Sugar 141.3, Protein 31.4

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