Snack Mix Peanut Pretzel Cookies
Cookies made with a peanut butter, oatmeal, coconut and chunks of Hershey's Gold bars. If you can't find the new bars, the cookies are also good with peanut butter chips.
Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 stick 114 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar 100 grams
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar 100 grams
- ½ cup (130 grams peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour 100 grams
- ¾ cup oats preferably quick cooking but old fashioned okay
- 2 Hershey's Gold Bars chopped
- ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut I don't recommend sweetened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla and continue beating until well blended.
- Add the baking soda and salt directly to the batter and stir well, then add the flour and stir until blended.
- Stir in oats, candy and coconut.
- Using a rounded tablespoon or a medium cooking scoop, form balls and gently press into rounds on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake 1 sheet at a time at 375 for 10 minutes or until cookies are golden brown at edges.
- Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Snack mix is really just a suggestion. You can use any mix of candies and pretzels you want!
