A fun twist on an oatmeal cookie, instead of the traditional nuts and raisins I’ve dressed it up with a tasty new PB&J trail mix.
This is the first recipe I’ve baked from my new cookie cookbook, Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich that I received for Christmas from my sweet adopted daugher, Lorraine, Not Quite Nigella.
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I saw the new PB&J mix at Costco and decided it would be a fun baking ingredient for cookies. Basically it’s a trail mix with peanuts, almonds, dried mandarin oranges, dried strawberries, dried cranberries and raisins. The pieces of dried strawberry and oranges mixed with the peanuts do give it a bit of a PB&J taste.
My husband suggested making cookies so I asked him to pick a recipe from Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy and he picked this Oatmeal Cookie recipe. The recipe is a bit unusual because it uses melted butter and moistened oats and the dough needs to sit for at least one hour or overnight so the oats can absorb some of the dough’s moisture.
The cookie is crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle. My husband and I thought they were better cold than hot out of the oven because they get more crispy as they sit. I baked two dozen after one hour and put one dozen cookies in the fridge to chill for several hours. I don’t think the extra chilling made a huge difference in flavor or texture.
The family thought this cookie was just okay. Tasty, but not one to put on the must bake again list. My daughter thought it couldn’t decide if it wanted to be a Peanut Butter Cookie or an Oatmeal Cookie. Maybe I should try the PB&J mix in a Peanut Butter Cookie and make them again with the traditional walnuts and raisins.
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PB&J Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oaths
- ¼ cup water
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups PB&J Mix*
Instructions
- In a small bowl stir together oats and water. In a medium bowl combine the flour and baking soda.
- In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in sugars, vanilla and salt. Whisk in the egg. Add the flour stirring just until combined. Stir in the oats and trail mix.
- Let the dough stand for a least 1 hour, or preferably cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350º.
- Drop one tablespoon dough on to ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cookies are golden brown on top. (More time is required if the dough is chilled.) Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
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sally
hi barbara! i just stumbled upon your baking blog- wow!! you have wonderful recipes! these pb&j cookies are very creative. i’m always on the search for creative cookie recipes. they look delicious!
Jim @ Cookie Recipes
Barbara how creative you are! Trail mix in a cookie. Sorry it didn’t come up to your expectations. I think I’ll put my thinking cap on and try a peanut butter version.
Sara (Belly Rumbles)
I went to Costco today and totally missed the PB&J mix. Now I wish I had seen it to play with. Love your idea and hope you share the peanut butter cookie version if you do do it.
Coleens Recipes
My peanut butter loving picky picky husband will love these!!
Cookin' Canuck
I’ll have to look out for that trail mix. What a fun way to shake up oatmeal cookies!
Daniela
Belli , buoni e croccanti i tuoi biscotti, un mix di ingredienti favoloso.
Ciao Daniela.
Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies
What a fantastic idea to use the mix to make cookies.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Oh no, mum I’m sorry they weren’t as thrilling as they should have been. They sound and look lovely if that is any consolation! 😀 xxx
Cara
What a cool trail mix combination! I loved that you added it to a cookie!
Kimberly
i will surely try this oatmeal cookie. I love oatmeal so much, adding the fact that I need to eat oatmeal everyday.
JG
Oatmeal Cookies are a definite family fave, here. I add Raisins & Craisins. They freeze well and make delicious ice cream sandwiches. 🙂
teresa
mmmm, earthy, chewy, crunchy, love it!!
Melanie
What a neat idea to try a trail mix in a cookie! Interesting method for making these cookies and alot of butter!! It was worth trying the trail mix, and hopefully these oatmeal cookies taste even better next time. I love the way you experiment with recipes! I wish I were a little more daring in changing recipes and combining them.
Lucile M.
I really like eating oatmeal cookies because they are not only delicious, they are also nutritious. However, I have no time baking them so I just buy made ones at the bakeshop. How much does it cost to bake 1 batch of cookies?
Thanks for the recipe! Lovely!
-Lucile
mimi
Great idea, to bad it didn’t pan out. Peanut butter cookie base sounds pretty good to me.
Mimi
cindy
Looks like another cookbook I just might need. Can one have too many cookie cookbooks–nope!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
o..those are addictive. I wouldn’t be able to stop until they were all gone!
Maria
Can I have these cookies for breakfast? 🙂
Blond Duck
I don’t care. I’d still eat a ton!
Valérie ( France )
Toujours agréables ces cookies
Je te souhaite un bon mercredi
Valérie.