Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are absolutely delicious and vegan! They were so easy to make that I whipped up another batch. This is a great basic recipe, which ingredients may be substituted for others depending on your tastes or food requirements. It is hard to believe these are vegan! 

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 coconut sugar

1/3 cup soy milk

1/3 cup peanut butter

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup oat flour

1 cup rolled oats

1 tablespoon flax seed

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup vegan semi sweet chocolate chips

Pre-heat oven to 400ºF. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment paper. Set aside. It is a must to line the baking tray to prevent the cookies from sticking to the tray.

In a large bowl whisk together the sugars, soy milk, peanut butter, oil, and vanilla extract until completely smooth.

In another bowl, mix together the oat flour, oats, flax seeds, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and the chocolate chips in a separate bowl; add to the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine. 

Drop the cookie dough by large spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until the edges are browned, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a the baking sheet for about 10 minutes before removing them to cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes: I made a second batch however I used 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour, instead of the oat flour, and added 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts. All other ingredients remained the same. This batch did not spread like the first batch did and were more compact. Regardless, both batches were great. I slight flatten... tapped the centre of each cookie with my fingers before baking the second batch (with all purpose flour and chopped walnuts.) 

The first batch was more crispy and chewy with a more pronounced  peanut butter taste and the second batch was dense and crunchy with a slight peanut butter taste that was then over taken by a walnut flavour due to the added chopped walnuts. Below is a photo of the second batch I made... 

Plenty of sunshine this weekend and for the coming week. Hope you had a lovely weekend too. - JD