Peanoatella Chip Cookies

Peanoatella Chip Cookies–Joseph came up with the name. These are the absolute best cookies! Peanut butter, oatmeal, Nutella, and chocolate chip–yum! I get requests for these all the time.

Peanoatella Chip Cookies altered from Allrecipes.com
1/3 – 1/2 cup butter
½ cup white sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup peanut butter
¼ cup Nutella or other chocolate spread
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2/3 – 1 cup rolled oats
½ – 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the peanut butter, Nutella, vanilla and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter just until moistened. Mix in the oats and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Drop by tablespoonfuls on to lightly greased cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges start to brown. Cool on cookie sheets for about 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

These are very customizable. I vary the amount of butter, oatmeal, and chocolate chips depending on what I want. I still have decided which way I like best, so just test it out! As for the butter–in the photos above I had used 1/2 cup; for more crumbly and less flat cookies, use 1/3 cup. I posted this recipe once before. That time I had used only 1/3 cup butter, and there is a visible difference.

Very, very sweet–be sure to serve these with a glass of milk!