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Stack of oatmeal peanut butter cookies on parchment paper
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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Soft, lightly sweet cookies made with oats and peanut butter. No fancy ingredients—just simple pantry staples that come together into something warm and comforting.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 12 cookies
Calories 168kcal
Author Jennifer

Equipment

  • 1 baking sheet

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or natural)
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup (or brown sugar)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup oats

Instructions

Preheat oven

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease it.
    Lining pan with parchment paper

Mix wet ingredients

  • In a bowl, stir together the peanut butter, brown sugar, and egg until smooth and well combined.
    Stirring wet oatmeal cookie mixture

Add dry ingredients

  • Mix in the oats until fully incorporated.
    Stirring oats into wet ingredients

Shape cookies

  • Scoop tablespoon-sized portions onto the baking sheet and gently flatten each one with a fork or spoon.
    Shaping oatmeal peanut butter cookies

Bake

  • Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden and the centers are set.
    Putting oatmeal peanut butter cookies in the oven

Cool

  • Let cookies cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring. They will firm up as they cool.
    Taking baked oatmeal cookies off the cookie sheet to cool

Nutrition

Calories: 168kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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