Kathy's Peanut Butterfinger® Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe uses leftover Halloween candy and delivers a thin, crisp, and chewy cookie that is irresistible. Similar types of candy bars could be substituted for Butterfinger®.

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

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1 ¼ cups extra crunchy peanut butter

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.