kathy's peanut butterfinger® oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 38
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups extra crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 18 fun size bars chocolate-covered crispy peanut butter candy (such as butterfinger®), crushed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• process flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a food processor until blended.
• beat peanut butter, brown sugar, 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.
• 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, baking sheets.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.