Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies are the lightest, fluffiest cookies you’ve ever put in your mouth!  All of your favorite cookie ingredients packed into a single cookie.  

This recipe is proof of two things.  One, I might be infatuated with the peanut butter and chocolate flavor combination.  And two, I’m also loving going through my family recipe book and putting my own spin on things.  Neither is a bad thing though, right?

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies are my take on my grandma’s Banana Oatmeal Drop Cookies.  One of the many recipes included in a cookbook my mom gave me for one of my bridal showers full of family recipes.  

And I thought, what two ingredients go well together?  Peanut butter and banana!  Hmmm… I wonder if I can transform that original recipe into something new and just a bit more decadent.  Because that’s how I roll if you haven’t caught on by now.  And if I’m going to add peanut butter, I probably should add chocolate chips.  That’s the logical choice, wouldn’t you agree?

Melanie Bauer

Yields 3 dozen

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

10 minPrep Time

12 minCook Time

22 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup banana, mashed
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups oats
• 1-1/2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in banana.
4. Add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix until almost combined. Add oats and mix until just combined.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto cookie sheet lined with parchment or silicon baking mat.
7. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for two minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack to cool completely.

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Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes

See, I’m perfectly fine that this is the way my brain is wired and these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies are a perfect example of why.  These are the lightest, fluffiest cookies you’ve ever put in your mouth!  They’re rich without being over the top, thanks to the peanut butter and chocolate.  They’re hearty and have a great chew thanks to the oatmeal and the banana lends moisture and flavor as well.  Perfection!

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This recipe first appeared in my monthly contributor post at My Organizing Junkie, here.