Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Cookies
If you love the classic lunch lady cookie bars, you'll LOVE our cookie version! Rich, decadent, and loaded with peanut butter and chocolate goodness!
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 230kcal
Ingredients
COOKIE DOUGH
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
SPREAD AND GANACHE
- ¾ cup peanut butter for spreading
- 12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
- 4 Tbsp. butter
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 2 Tbsp. honey or corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter until smooth. A stand mixer or electric hand mixer works well.
- Beat in the eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture.
- Mix in the oats until just combined.
- Scoop cookies, using a medium cookie scoop, on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5-6 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
- Add a small spoonful (about a teaspoon) of peanut butter to the top of each warm cookie. Allow peanut butter to stand on cookies for a few minutes then spread over the cookie with a butter knife.
- Microwave glaze (ganache) ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl in 20-second increments (for about a minute). Stir until completely smooth. Spoon ganache over cookies.
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Notes
- Want to really take these up a notch? Add a handful of chopped peanuts to the cookie dough!
- You can use quick oats and old-fashioned oats interchangeably in cookie recipes.
- You can use unsalted butter if you’d like, but I use salted butter in all of my recipes.
- These cookies can be enjoyed at room temperature or chilled. Lightly cover the cookie sheet with plastic wrap. They will stay fresh for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 230kcal
