Originally from The Happy Baker by Erin Bolger, these cookies are a combination of peanut butter, oat, chocolate chip and coconut. You really can’t go wrong. They can be made as written, or you can jazz them up like I do by adding broken pretzels, mini peanut butter cups and chopped candy bars. I mix some in with the dough, and then stick more candy on the cookies when they come out of the oven.
Happy Baker Cookies
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Author: Cookie Madness
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 36
Ingredients
- 1 stick (114 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (100 grams)
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (100 grams)
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 oz (170 g) semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened, desiccated coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and both sugars until fluffy, using electric mixer on medium speed. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla and beat until blended.
- In a second bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips and coconut. Add to butter mixture. Using wooden spoon, stir just until moistened and blended.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets lined with parchment. Gently press into rounds (just flatten slightly)
- Bake 1 sheet at a time at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are golden brown at edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely.
- Makes about 3 dozen.
Elyse says
May 29, 2009 at 9:46 pmOoo, now I want to try the Sarah Bernhardt cookies!
Louise says
May 29, 2009 at 1:52 pmIt must just be me, but I don’t like confusing cookies with real food by having flax seed/Omega 3 in cookies. I eat plenty of salmon. 🙂
Sue says
May 29, 2009 at 12:25 pmNo doubt you can make them!! You’re the cookie queen! 🙂
Anna says
May 29, 2009 at 11:31 amHello Sue,
I keep seeing that recipe when I flip through Martha’s book. I think I could make it, though! It calls for something I don’t usually have in the house, though….almond paste, I believe.
Sue says
May 29, 2009 at 11:25 amHi!
I enjoyed looking at those links.
Don’t you feel challenged by the Sarah Bernhardt cookies? I clicked on the link to the blog where someone else made them FOUR times before they were successful, and they felt it was worth it!
Too much work for me to pursue that project any time soon!