Monster Cookies

I am excited to be part of a great group of bakers led by Cynthia from Feeding Big. This group is appropriately named "Fill the Cookie Jar"! Each month there will be a new theme to the cookies that we all bring to "Fill the Cookie Jar". How could I pass up this opportunity?! If you are interested in joining in, and helping fill the cookie jar, please contact Feeding Big here.

For our first month, the cookie theme is Kids Favorites/Back to School. Thinking on that topic, it only took me a minute to remember the Monster Cookies that my mom used to make for us. When mom made them, it was a HUGE batch. I can remember her having to mix the recipe with her hands, because the huge amount of cookie dough her recipe made. She also used a ice cream scoop to portion out her cookies for the baking sheet!

I downsized the recipe quite a bit, so that we aren't eating these out of control.  We don't want to start looking like Cookie Monster!  I will share my mom's recipe below, as well as my downsized recipe! You might notice that I bumped up the chocolate amount in my recipe, just a tiny bit. Can't go wrong with a little more chocolate, right???

I just loved having one of these cookies with a bowl of frozen yogurt!

Monster Cookies (downsized recipe)

3 eggs, room temperature

1 cup dark brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 tbsp vanilla

2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup M & M's

1 cup chocolate chunks (or chocolate chips)

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

4 1/2 cup oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine dark brown and white sugar, butter, and eggs. Mix well.  Stir in vanilla and baking soda.  Add peanut butter, M & M's, chocolate chunks, and nuts.  When mixed, add oatmeal and mix well. Drop rounded tablespoonful onto ungreased baking sheet.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.  Cool on cookie sheet for several minutes, then move to cooling rack to finish cooling.

Monster Cookies (Mom's full size recipe)

1 dozen eggs

1 pound butter

2 pounds brown sugar

4 cups white sugar

1 Tbsp vanilla

3 pounds peanut butter

8 tsp baking soad

18 cups oatmeal

1 pound chocolate chips

1 pound chopped nuts

1 pound M & M's 

1 tsp salt

Combine all ingredients and mix as best you can in a large roaster or dishpan.  Use ice cream scoop and dip out one scoop of batter for each cookie.  Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until light brown.


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