Chunky PB and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters/Chunksters

Not a creature was stirring…. except me. The whole house is empty, peace and quiet… I’m just mixing cookie doughs today. The car is being serviced and so I have no place to go. A Great Excuse. Yea, I know its not Christmas yet, but let me just send a jolt your way and remind you that there are only, how many days until Christmas? Check your calendar. Yours may be different than the one of a procrastinator. Would you put this recipe in your “pile of possibilities?” I think so! Oh yes, 108 days… he he he

So for all of us with lofty ideas of a baking extravaganza each year this is a yummy cookie, I think, for gift giving. I learned to exchange a little of the dairy butter for nut butters in making cookies. On this one I did trade some of the butter for peanut butter. I like peanut butter anyway, so it goes minus a couple of ounces here and add a couple of ounces there. I didn’t have the crunchy type but I did have peanuts so I added 1/4C chopped peanuts to the mix. My chipsters were Chunksters because I used my Callebaut and hand chopped chocolate into chunks. I think the cinnamon was a nice addition for a holiday cookie as well. As many of you indicated the chilling was tricky…did the chilling and whipped out the ice cream scoop after I let the dough warm a bit. Worked like a charm. Thank you. My cookies were large though on the first half so as I baked along I split the dough balls in half for the cute smaller ones. Hubs asked me to give them away ASAP. We both are teetering on the scales. he he

Not being the one to wait for the cookies to cool out of the oven, I had to taste right away. It is like Christmas to experience the surprise of a new cookie in your mouth. Chewy and tasty, but I do think I will try the dried fruit idea from Nancy at The Dogs Eat the Crumbs and make it with dried fruits so that truly it mimics and PBJ… wouldn’t that be just right? Thank you Nancy.

If you would like to preview the wonderful cookies for your Christmas baking projects, check out the rest of the baking maniacs at TWD and see what all the sweet energy is about. Thank you Stephany at Proceed with Caution for choosing a cookie with a combination of All American favorite flavors.