If you’ve got kids in the family who like peanut butter, they will love these. And they’re so easy to make that even young children can help!

Make sure you don’t over-mix the dough or they might end up too ‘cakey’.

And if you leave them to cook for too long they’ll end up brittle, so keep an eye on them. And then just enjoy the results – even better still warm.

You’ll need:

225g quick-cooking oats
180g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
240g SKIPPY® smooth peanut butter
240g butter
200g granulated sugar
200g firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
72 chocolate drops

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C/160F/gas mark 4/350F.
In a medium bowl, combine together oats, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt before mixing well.
In a large bowl, beat together smooth peanut butter and butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until everything is combined. Gradually beat in both the granulated and brown sugar, eggs and vanilla, until blended.
Slowly beat in your flour mixture just until blended.
On ungreased baking sheets, drop level tablespoons of cookie dough around 5cm apart.
Place in the centre of the oven and bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown. Once removed from the oven, immediately press a chocolate drop firmly into the centre of each cookie.
Transfer your delicious cookies to a wire rack and set aside to cool completely – or enjoy warm with ice cream!

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