Monster Cookies

I just love this monster cookies recipe! Monster cookies are a mix of a handful of different cookies altogether in one Frankenstein monster cookie, haha.

Take my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, oatmeal raisin cookie recipe, and peanut butter cookie recipe and blend them all together and add some M&Ms and you have these amazing homemade monster cookies.

These monster cookies are so soft, chewy, and oh so delicious. And they are very easy to make, if I can make them, you can make them. If you love cookies, you have got to try these. Let’s get baking!

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups oats use old-fashioned not quick oats. (135g)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour 120g
• 1 tsp. baking soda 5g
• 1/2 tsp. salt 2g
• 1/2 cup softened room temp butter unsalted or salted (113g)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar light or dark 200g
• 1/4 cup white granulated sugar 50g
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract 5ml
• 1/2 cup peanut butter 120g
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet, milk chocolate, dark, white (85g)
• 3/4 cup M&Ms 85g
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts peanuts, walnuts, pecans, etc. (37g)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F/176 C.
In a medium bowl whisk together the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda.

In a large bowl add both sugars and the softened room temp butter. Use a mixer and cream those ingredients together for a minute or two until it becomes a light tan color. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed.

Add in the egg and the vanilla extract and mix until just combined. Then add in the peanut butter and mix until just combined. Put the mixer away at this point. If you don't have a mixer, use a sturdy whisk or wooden spoon.

Now add in the dry ingredient mixture a third of it at a time, just stir it in with a spoon.

Stir in the chocolate chips, M&Ms, and chopped nuts. The nuts are purely optional, I like the texture it adds, and I just like nuts, to begin with.

Use a couple of spoons and scoop out a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and place it on a sheet pan or cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Spread the cookies out about an inch or inch and a half. Bake in the oven, middle rack position, again 350 F/176 C for 10 to 14 minutes. In my oven 12 minutes is perfect.

The cookies will be lightly golden brown on the edges and the tops. Allow the cookies to cool 5 to 10 minutes on the pan. Then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

Print the full recipe here on my website: https://www.inthekitchenwithmatt.com/monster-cookies

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