PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES Follow for more recipes INGREDIENTS:1 ¼ cups old fashione

PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES

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INGREDIENTS:

• 1 ¼ cups old fashioned rolled oats
• ½ cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp salt
• 4 Tbsp coconut oil, melted and cooled
• ¼ cup natural creamy peanut butter (I used no added sugar)
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla

• ½ cup chocolate chips 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together oats, whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt, setting aside.
2. In a smaller bowl, mix together melted coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla until well combined. Then pour the wet ingredients in with the dry ingredients and mix until just combined, folding in the chocolate chips last.
3. Using a small cookie scoop (or medium-sized cookie scoop if making larger cookies), drop 1-inch cookie dough balls onto a prepared baking sheet and flatten the tops a bit with the back end of a spoon, making sure the cookies are still intact.  You should end up with about 20 small cookies or 12 larger cookies.
4. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes until cookies are golden and set.  Please note they will look really soft coming out of the oven, but will firm up and set as they cool so keep them on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
5. If you’re baking larger cookies (or just prefer a crispier cookie), bake them for about 12 to 13 minutes.