Today I made a batch of Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies. If you love Nutter Butters (and who doesn’t?) and/or Girl Scouts’ Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies (aka Do-Si-Dos), YOU WILL LOVE THESE COOKIES! These cookies are a hybrid of both types of cookies. I’ll warn you up front that these cookies are L E T H A L! I guarantee you that one bite will give you a cookie experience to remember. They will command the attention and affection of all who eat it and in return you will be heaped with praises.
My friend Emily who doesn’t even like creme filled cookies puts it like this, “These are a slice of heaven.” You had to have been here when she was eating these cookies because her daughter was trying to talk to her but Emily Shhh’d her for the sole purpose of eating her cookie in silent reverence. My friend Debbie had an even funnier response. After taking a bite, she said that these cookies were the “Oh Honey, I’m sorry I crashed your truck” type of cookies. It would only seem appropriate the originial creator of these cookies be sainted.. unfortunately it isn’t me. Nevertheless I am thankful because these are my new favorite cookies (for now).
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
Recipe from Allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup quick cooking oats
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add egg and beat well.
2. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir. Add oatmeal and stir.
3. Using a cookie scoop, make uniform cookie dough balls and then cut them in half down the center. Roll each half into a ball and place them onto a greased baking sheet pressing each mound down with the palm of your hand to 1/4 inch thick cookies. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or until cookies are a light brown.
4. To Make Filling: Cream 3 tablespoons butter with the confectioners’ sugar, 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter, and the cream. Fill the filling into a pastry bag or large ziplock bag (cutting the corner to make a make-shift pastry bag) and squeeze filling onto half of the cooled cookies, then top with the other half to form sandwiches. Enjoy!
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Now that’s an enthusiastic cookie endorsement! I can almost taste them just looking at the photos.
These cookies are awesome. They are not the type of cookies you could just keep on eating all day. These cookies are special cookies.. the kind you savor with each bite.
This will perfectly fill in the gap from when do-si-dos aren’t as readily available for purchase.
I was the GS Cookie Manager this year and last year so I’ve eaten my fair share of Do-So-Do’s and this cookie, if you are willing to put the work into it (which isn’t very much work at all) is better than the GS Do-So-Do. Even the other moms in our GS agreed.
I love Do-Si-Dos so I’m definitely putting this in my to try list. They look delicious. I like their lump look too! Thanks for trying them and sharing.
OMG! you hit me where I live. I have a few great white bread weaknesses and nutty butters are one of them. Love this idea. Wonder how I can lighten them up, since that is my special purpose on earth. Stay tuned……
Thanks for the great idea
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Dana,
If you figure that out please post back here.. because I would love to know.
Your pictures are wonderful! And that peanut butter filling sounds amazing. Thanks so much for sharing!
I have to make these soon. I love any cookie with oatmeal. People don’t make enough sandwich type coolies!
Thanks for the review!
I bookmarked this site, Thank you for good job!
AHHHHHHHHH! This isn’t right. These cookies look so good! It’s better than a Do Si Do. No need to tell the Scouts…
Duo Dishes: I’m a GS Cookie Manager too. :/ Conflict of interests as far as my stomach is concerned.
If these are like a slice of heaven, I would find it difficult not to make then asap!
Oh wow! My husband would go crazy over these! Iam marking this to make! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Forget saving to my files, it went straight to print! I have everything to make these tomorrow! =)
Did you cut a scoop of dough in half and count it as 2 cookies?? By reading the reviews at the link, you want to make these small? How many sandwiched did you get?
Oh my, do these look divine! I LOVE do si dos!! Thanks for this recipe and for the image of your friend shusing her daughter to enjoy her heavenly cookie experince
I made these – doubling the recipe. The only thing I changed was slightly less butter and salt. They were WONDERFUL – just as you described. I think next time I might grind up the oatmeal, but otherwise won’t change a thing. The filling was the right amount – no leftovers. Thanks for convincing me to make these!
Hey! I just made these. Some are cooling on the rack and some are already happily filled. They look and smell amazing. My father will love these. Thanks for posting.
I’m going to take these to my face in due course!