Kathy's Peanut Butterfinger® Oatmeal Cookies

Use up leftover Halloween candy bars in this recipe for thin, crisp, and chewy peanut butter oatmeal cookies.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 209 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1.25 cups extra crunchy peanut butter
• 18 fun size bars chocolate-covered crispy peanut butter candy (such as Butterfin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Process flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a food processor until blended.

Step 3

Beat peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, shortening, and unsalted butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well-blended. Add vanilla.

Step 4

Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture; add crushed peanut butter candy and stir until just combined. Drop 1-inch spoonfuls of the dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.

Step 5

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.