Vegan Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups oats (quick-cooking or rolled depending on your preference)
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup creamy natural-style peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 cup non-dairy milk (e.g. vanilla soy milk)
• 4 teaspoons ground flax seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup dry roasted salted peanuts or 1/2 cup vegan semi-sweet choc chips and 1/2 cup vegan pb chips

Recipe

• 1 in a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. stir in oats and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat together oil, pb, sugar, brown sugar, non-dairy milk, flax seeds and vanilla until smooth.
• 3 fold in half the flour mixture to moisten, then fold in the remaining half.
• 4 fold in chopped peanuts or chocolate chips and pb chips.
• 5 drop generous 1 tbs full of dough per cookie onto a greased or paper-lined baking sheet leaving about 2 inches of space between each cookie. flatten slightly with moistened fingers.
• 6 bake for 12-14 minutes in the preheated oven at 350°f/175°c until the edges just start to brown.
• 7 let cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 8 enjoy! :).