Loaded Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips and Caramel

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie with chocolate chips and caramel bits on crumpled parchment.

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Loaded Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips and Caramel

These loaded peanut butter oatmeal cookies are thick, chewy, and packed with chocolate chips and caramel bits. Easy homemade cookies with pantry ingredients and no chilling required.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 141kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

½ cup butter softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt plus more for sprinkling over baked cookies
11 ounces caramel bits
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips plus more for topping cookies if desired

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Add butter, peanut butter and brown sugar to bowl and beat with an electric mixer 2 minutes.
Next, add eggs and vanilla, mixing until combined.
Add flour, oats, baking soda and salt, mix thoroughly.
Mix in the chocolate chips and caramel bits until well combined.
Use a medium cookie scoop and place dough 2 inches apart on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
Mash cookies with a fork crosswise if you like flatter cookies or keep in rounds if you would like fatter cookies.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until edges are lightly browned.
Press extra chocolate chips into each cookie and sprinkle with a bit of salt if desired.
Cool cookies on baking sheet for 2 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 7 days.

Freeze the Dough: Scoop the dough and place onto a lined baking sheet. Freeze for 1 - 2 hours until cookie dough is firm. Place in freezer bags and freeze up to 3 months. Bake according to directions, adding 3-5 minutes baking time.

Variations: Quick oats will work in place of old fashioned if that is what you have on hand. If you don't have caramel bits, use chopped caramel candies (unwrapped).

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