Monday Bites ~ Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (and some Happiness)

I've been tagged by Shannon! So here are 10 simple things things that make me happy........ it was really hard choosing just ten :)

  

1. The Ocean

  

2. Thrifting

  

3. My Family

  

4. Berry Picking

  

5. Playing Outside with my Kids

  

6. Creating

  

7. Our dog, Sid

  

8. Enjoying a Good Cup of Coffee

  

9. Baking & Cooking with my kids.       

  

10. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

    

  

Thank you Shannon :) I really enjoyed coming up with a list of happy things! And of course since it IS monday, I won't leave without a recipe! We've been working on this one around the gypsy house..... it is a very yummy peanut butter cookie..... they disappear awfully quick around here. I think the peanut butter oatmeal ones would be great with dried cranberries in them.... but the look on my kids face face when I suggested it made me think I shouldn't. Maybe next time :)

     

Gypsy Mama's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup white sugar (we use evaporated cane juice)

1.5 cups natural unsweetened peanut butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 cup oats

1.5 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

  

*Preheat oven to 375. Cream together butter & sugars. Add peanut butter, eggs & vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl whisk together the flours, oats, baking soda & salt. Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix well. Drop by tablespoon onto cookie sheet and bake until cracked and slightly golden. About 8-10 minutes.

For an extra yummy treat, omit the oatmeal and increase the white flour to 1.5 cups. When the cookies are fresh out of the oven press a dark chocolate kiss into each while they are still hot. 

Now you just need a good cup of hot coffee to sip while you eat these. Yum!!

 

   
    

Comments

[stacy]

OH man, now im really hungry!! Gregg has a slight addiction to oatmeal choc chip cookies. I wonder if he would like these ones. Im gonna try :) thanks for the recipe!! You rock :)
BTW the pic of your family cracked me up lol.

[6512 and growing]

Your pictures are gorgeous, I may be drooling now.

[Valarie Budayr]

Such a beautiful list of 10 and the cookies look divine. I will make up a batch tomorrow. Cheers.

[nicola@which name?]

yum! i love your list and i love that you had to limit it. i love that some people took a long time with their lists, carefully choosing. i am grateful there are more than 10 things that make me happy. i picked the first 10 to come to mind.
nicola
http://whichname.blogspot.com

[5orangepotatoes]

Love Sid! Wondering how he even got up there!
Thanks for the recipe. Peanutbutter is my favorite, add oats and yummy yummy! I think I will try and make these today.

Congrats on the Etsy shop!
lisa

[perches]

Oh goodness, your cookies and berries and mountain of mulch all look so lovely. Thanks for sharing :)

[Stephinie]

The oatmeal ones would be AWESOME with chocolate chips!

[Stephinie]

hahaha ~ thanks :)

[Stephinie]

Enjoy ~ They are just the perfect chewy crispy peanut butter heavenly yumminess of cookies :)

[Stephinie]

It was a fun post to do...... I noticed food is very popular around these parts :)

[Stephinie]

I really think he was a goat in his past life. That is, if dogs have past lives.... truly I am quite certain a kid of mine coaxed him up there.... and he is ever so happy to please that pooch. Of course when he jumped down the bags of soil tipped over a bit..... fun fun fun :)

[Stephinie]

Good stuff for sure :)