Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies with Peanuts (Baking with Kids)

Oatmeal chocolate cookies with peanuts are my first babies in the world of baking.

Why, because chocolate!

As an amateur baker I was thinking then - if I messed up the recipe, I want it to still eat-able. I mean, what kid doesn't like chocolate?

And yes! to oatmeals and peanuts.

Because as any other mom, I'd welcome: nutritious food for my precious kids.

Even if cookies are loaded with fats and sugars. There must have some (teeny, tiny) healthy contents in it. 

And this is where our home baking takes an upper hand over store-bought baked products. 

When we bake at home, we can always flip junk into healthy. We can always make adjustments. We can ditch refined sugar. Use brown sugar instead. We can throw in a handful of sparkling, nutritious ingredients here and there.

Want to try our oatmeal chocolate cookie recipe?

They have taste-tested it a hundred times, as a matter of fact.

As for your kids (or your precious ones) who'll be the recipients of your baked treats with TLC and all - I can guarantee their hearty appreciation. 

But to be sure, give me feedbacks, ok?

Here's an idea - next time your child complains "Mama, I'm bored" which comes with a hidden message: because you won't let me use a gadget. 

Tell him, "Go bake some goodies, then!"

Bake it together. It can get messy, yes. But baking cookies is just so easy you can do it while tap dancing. :)

Anyway, here are the ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened (at my first time of baking, I thought this butter is too much but omg, butter is yum!)

1 cup brown sugar (preferred over refined sugar)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups  flour (you can substitute with multigrain for healthier option :))

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups oatmeal

1 cup dark chocolate bits

1/2 cup peanuts

2 bars of Snickers (this is optional but ssshh! that's my secret ingredient for extra yumminess!)

And here's the fun part: mixing the dough

In a small bowl, combine the eggs and vanilla. 

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs and vanilla mixture. Stir until light and fluffy. No overmixing though.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt. 

Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture. 

Stir in the chocolate bits. Add in oatmeal and peanuts. And the Snickers bars (Yay!....Wait, Snickers should be sponsoring this. :)

If the dough is a little soggy, you can put it in the fridge to chill it up to an hour before baking.

As of this moment, you can see how messy your kitchen is. But looking at your kids with all the smiles making their specialties - definitely, worth the mess. 

Now comes the best part: baking of the cookies. This is when you get to see your dough fluffing into tasty treats.

Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees C.  

Drop rounded tablespoons of the dough onto the baking sheets, spacing them about 1 and 1/2 inches apart. 

Bake until the cookies are golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. 

Transfer the cookies onto the cooling wire racks. 

Put them in a glass jar right away. And chill. 

Guaranteed - chewy core and crunchy crust combo in a cookie.

But here's something I can't guarantee - your kids NOT taking a bite on their first batch of cookies.  

HAPPY BAKING!  :)

♥♥♥ Kids love to mold their cookies into the cutest shapes they can imagine. ♥♥♥