The Best Oatmeal Cookies Ever

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup unrefined sugar (turbinado or use sugar if necessary)
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1 cup bittersweet chocolate piece
• 1 cup toffee pieces

Recipe

• 1 don't overcook! only bake until the outside is firm to the touch, 15 minutes max for most cookies it seems.
• 2 they will set as they cool on the wire rack and stay moist if you don't overcook.
• 3 i've yet to find a real peanut butter oatmeal cookie that isn't somewhat crisp thanks to the peanut butter.
• 4 and the recipe i'm listing below gets crisp but its so good you really should try it anyway --.
• 5 peanut butter oatmeal cookie 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup butter 3/4 cup unrefined s ugar (turbinado or use sugar if necessary) 3 / 4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp real vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups oatmeal 1 cup dried cherries 1 cup bittersweet chocolate pieces 1 cup toffee pieces.
• 6 heat oven to 350°f.
• 7 sift together flour and baking soda and salt. in a mixer or large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• 8 add the egg and vanilla to butter and combine. add flour a bit at a time and combine with butter mix.
• 9 fold in the oatmeal, cherries, chocolate and toffee pieces.
• 10 divide dough into 3 equal portions, roll into logs with plastic wrap about 1 1/2-inches in diameter.
• 11 cut logs into 3/4-inch pieces when ready to cook.
• 12 bake on parchment paper covered baking sheets until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
• 13 cool on wire rack. it's the cherries that make these cookies really good.
• 14 use a quality chocolate bar (ghiradellis is good domestic) that's chopped into pieces and a toffee candy bar (skor, heath) for the toffee pieces.
• 15 this can easily be made vegan if you use dark chocolate, margarine and ener-g egg replacer.