Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup white sugar,
1 cup brown sugar,
1/2 cup unsalted butter,
1 1/2 cups chunky peanut butter (not the sugar free kind),
4 1/2 cups rolled oats (can do all old fashioned or do half old fashioned and half instant depending on your texture preferences),
2 tsp. vanilla extract,
3 whole eggs,
2 tsp baking soda,
1 bag of butterscotch chips,or chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans.
Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir in oats, soda, butterscotch chips and nuts until combined. Drop by spoonful on a greased cookie sheet or use parchment paper. Bake 350 degrees for 12 minutes (brown on bottom and some browning on top). Cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
These cookies are rich in flavor, chewy and crispy. Anyone who enjoys peanut butter, adores these cookies