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These one bowl, peanut butter chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies, are the incredibly peanutty, chocolatey cookie that you’ve been searching for. They’re super easy, require no chill time, and are the perfect cookies to bake up over a snowy weekend at home…or any other day throughout the year. Peanut butter chocolate lovers, this is your cookie!
In stressful times, falling back on the classics is truly one of the best things you can do for yourself. Meaning, if your week has been a difficult one, bake these cookies tonight, and all will be OK again. At least for the 30 minutes it will take you to mix, bake, and sink your teeth into a warm peanutty cookie. Where your head goes after those 30 minutes is fully up to you. But since it’s Friday, my hope is that it’s chill time, and we can all take some time to relax, cook, bake, and enjoy a couple of days off.
Sounds pretty amazing, right? Thank God for Fridays, they’ve always been my favorite day of the week…
On the flip side, no matter how old I get, Sundays will always be my least favorite day. Why? Because as a kid Sunday meant it was back to school the next day. Which meant so much anxiety for me. I may be out of school now, and these days I actually look forward to Mondays, but I can’t shake those Sunday anxiety driven feelings. They occasionally creep up, which is weird, but I’ve kind of just learned to live with it. And to bake cookies to take the edge off! It’s not the perfect solution, but you know, it works.
Which brings me to these perfectly peanutty, oatmeal cookies that are studded with chocolate chunks, and literally melt in your mouth.
I’m sure you guys have noticed, but I don’t have a ton of classic recipes here on HBH. I’m much more about sharing a twist on classics, giving them a bit of a facelift, as some may say. Here’s the truth though, when it comes to desserts, I really love the classics. Especially the classics I grew up eating…chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, peanut bars, and mom’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
I’ve yet to share my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. But today I’m finally sharing my go-to peanut butter oatmeal cookie recipe. Although, if you are a vegan, I adore these cookies from last year too. These cookies were inspired by my dad’s upcoming birthday, and his love of all things peanut butter and chocolate. I knew it was the perfect time to bake and photograph these cookies for the site…
Maybe I should have called them Birthday Cookies?
Here’s what you need to know in a nutshell. I use my mom’s base oatmeal cookie recipe and simply add creamy peanut butter and chocolate chunks. Yep, that’s it!
DELICIOUS.
Favorite part? These are the simplest cookie to make. They requiring just one bowl, no chill time, pantry ingredients, and about 30 minutes total. Yes, this means if you got up right now and started baking these cookies, you could finish reading this post with a warm, peanutty, chocolatey oatmeal cookie in hand in about 25 minutes or so.
They’re dangerous, and yet perfect in every way.
The secret to these cookies is to use oil in place of butter. Normally I’m an all butter, all the time, girl. But with this cookie recipe there is no sub in my opinion, oil is what works best.
The second secret is to use a mix of brown sugar and granulated sugar. Now, here’s the deal. I don’t love an overly sweet cookie, so I keep my sugar pretty reduced. That said, if you love a sweet cookie, you might add 1/4 cup additional granulated sugar. But again, I don’t really think it’s needed.
I love using a greater amount of brown sugar because I think it’s flavor is best. But the granulated sugar adds a nice texture and chew that I think serves the cookie well. So use both.
And the third trick? Chocolate chunks. Yes, I know everyone knows about chocolate chunks, but I use a lot. I prefer the dark variety, but milk chocolate is great too. Use what you love.
Oh and then? A nice dusting of flaky sea salt. You don’t have to, but it sure is good…
And with that, I’m going to leave you with the recipe and wish you all a very chill weekend that’s hopefully full of cookies. Ah, the best kind of weekend. See ya Sunday for another round of favorites.
If you make these peanut butter chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to also tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
Servings: 24 about cookies
Calories Per Serving: 1720 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 cup canola oil, or melted coconut oil
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chunks or chips
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the canola oil, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Add the oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until the dough is moist and all the ingredients are combined. The dough will be crumbly. Mix in the chocolate chunks.3. Using your hands, clump together about a tablespoon of dough at a time and squeeze into a ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart and very gently flatten with the palm of your hand just slightly. The dough will be crumbly, this is OK.4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until set and golden. These are crumbly cookies, so let them cool 5 minutes on the pan, then enjoy!
Notes
*As noted in the post, these are crumbly cookies. That is how they are meant to be. The taste and flavor is delicious and we love the texture! Please keep this in mind when making these cookies. If you really can't get the cookies to hold, add an additional egg to the dough. This will solve the issue.
These cookies are awesome! I sprinkled with kosher salt after baking – delish. I am certain my supper guests will love them, as well.
I hope they do! Thank you so much Miriam! xTieghan
I’m lazy and love taking cookie recipes and just making bar cookies instead. Hope this one works out for me like that.
Ooo yes I love that! Let me know how they turn out for you, Jill! Thank you! xTieghan
Hi Teighan!
Could I substitute butter for the canola oil?
We like the taste of butter over oil.
Love your recipes SO MUCH ?!!!!
Julie
Hi Julie!! I actually do not recommend butter as the oil is kind of the secret. That said, if you think you will enjoy butter better, use melted butter. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
I made these, last night and….mind blown. I was a little worried about them being crumbly but I actually would describe them as chewy and perfect…if you’re patient enough to let them cool. Either way, these are REALLY good cookies (and we are particular about cookies, in our house). Love.
Hi Heather! That is so great! Thank you so much for making these! xTieghan
Made these last night with coconut oil and dark chocolate chips and they were DIVINE! Amazing consistency and I love the oatmeal in there rather than just a standard choco chip or PB cookie dough. It’s a good thing the recipe makes a lot, because these were a hit. THANK YOU. ?
Thank you so much Lauren! I am so glad you enjoyed these cookies! xTieghan
Followed the recipe exactly … or tried to but flattening slightly was difficult because they crumbled. epic fail. They looked nothing like the photos and tasted very flour-y. Plus they were impossibly crumbly. Total waste of a lot of ingredients. Wish I had read more of the Instagram comments before trying,
Hey Ella, I am sorry you had trouble with these. Is there something I can help you with? Did you change anything about the recipe? Most who have made these really enjoyed them. If they are tasting like too much flour, you can reduce the flour to 1 3/4 cups, but I’ve made these cookies countless times and have never had that issue. Again, so sorry for the trouble. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with further. xTieghan
These are like no-bake/chocolate chip cookies. Best cookies ever!!! Thank you
Thank you Whitney! xTieghan
i plan on whipping up a batch tomorrow, but am curious if i can use butter instead of the canola or coconut oil? absolutely love your recipes, btw!
Hey Grace! I actually do not recommend butter as the oil is kind of the secret. That said, of all you have is butter, use melted butter. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
You see a lot of PB/chocolate combos but, wow. These are just different and look incredible! Pinned!
Thank you Jess! xTieghan
Hello Tieghan, what kind of gluten-free flour would you use in this recipe? Thank you! ?
Hi Ula, I am not familiar with GF baking and do not regular use GF flour so I really cannot recommend. I have heard great things about cup for cup GF flour blend I am so sorry I could not be of more help. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
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saw this recipe and knew i needed to make it. i mean, what else are you going to do on a snow day in KC. quite like the oatmeal chocolate chip recipe in the book, so if you like that you’ll like this too.
I am so glad you liked this Amber! Thank you! xTieghan
Just a question … are these crispy or chewy? Can’t wait to make they look yum!
HI! The have crisp edges, but a chewy center. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe. Thanks so much!! xTieghan
These look amazing. Is there a reason you use canola oil instead of vegetable oil?
HI! I’ve always used canola oil. We like the flavor better. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe. Thanks so much!! xTieghan
Do you dust with sea salt before or after baking?
Hi Sandra! I dust them after they’re right out of the oven! I hope you love these! xTieghan
Ok this is just weird. I literally just came to your site this morning bc I wanted to make some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and I thought, I bet Tieghan at hbh has some kind of good thing she does w her oatmeal cookies. (Seeing as you’ve managed to give me the illusiory title as “good cook” in my world and I’m always like, “ it’s not me! Seriously, you’ve got to check this website out”.) So I came to the site (on my phone) and was pulling down the search bar to look for oatmeal cookies and then I saw it! Ha! Love that synchronicity. Also, I wasn’t planning on going to the store this morning, think they will still be good without peanut butter? I guess I should actually go read the recipe now….
SUCH perfect timing!! I hope you absolutely love this recipe, Elizabeth! Do you have any other kind of nut butter?