Whole-wheat Peanut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 16 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup old fashioned oats (do not use instant or quick oats)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon dark robust-flavored molasses (do not use blackstrap)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f butter 2 large (16x14-inch) nonstick baking sheets.
• 2 mix first 3 ingredients in small bowl. using electric mixer, beat peanut butter, both sugars, butter , egg, molasses and vanilla in large bowl until blended, about 1 minute. on low speed, beat in dry ingredients just until blended (do not overbeat). mix in peanuts.
• 3 using about 3 tablespoons dough for each, drop 9 mounds of dough on each sheet, spacing evenly apart. bake cookies 8 minutes. reverse cookie sheets and continue baking until golden brown, about 8 minutes longer. cool cookies on sheets 5 minutes, using metal spatula, transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. (can be made 2 days ahead of time. store in an airtight container).
• 4 options: mix 1 cup of butterscotch, semisweet, milk or chocolate chips into dough. mix 1 cup of small chunks of butterfinger or pay day candy bars into dough.