CrunchyWhole Wheat Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

So I was sitting in line at the car wash and got the urge for peanut butter cookies. Yes, a bit random. But it was such a nice day after a really long spell of super cold weather, and the car really needed a wash. But back to the cookies. I think what got me on the idea was my trip to the grocery store before the car wash. Peanut butter was on sale, $2.99 for a 1kg jar, which is close to half price - which is why I got a smooth and a crunchy.  I'm the only one who likes crunchy in the family so had to get both. Incidentally, I almost got a jar of Skippy instead of the usual Kraft, because lately we've been listening to and singing that Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars song "Uptown Funk" featuring the best music lyrical passage for a long time:

Wait a minute
Fill my cup put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio! Get the stretch!
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon’ show out
Smoother than a fresh jar of skippy

We laugh every time we hear it. But the Skippy wasn't half price, so no go.

Now, how to be inventive...let's try crunchy peanut butter instead of smooth, maybe whole wheat flour instead of regular, dark brown sugar, some oats, and maybe some freshly ground nutmeg. As a friend likes to say, "how bad could it be"?  Uttering that sentence is usually prelude to disaster, so we'll see what happens.  Here's what they look like going into the oven:

cookies about to go into the oven

...and....here's what they look like coming out of the oven:

Crunchy Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies

Next Time: would try to make them a bit chewier, so a big more brown sugar, maybe an extra egg, and a bit less fat (or a bit more flour instead)

Me: 9/10

SO: 10/10

SSO: 8/10

Crunchy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients

• 3/4 C whole wheat flour
• 1/2 C oats
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 stick softened unsalted butter
• 1/2 C crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 C brown sugar, plus a bit for rolling if desired (I tried a darker brown)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Cream the butters and sugar in a mixer for a minute or two.
3. Whisk together the flour, oats, soda, powder, and salt.
4. Beat in the egg and vanilla, then slowly add the flour mixture. Scrape down the sides, but don't overmix.
5. Drop onto your fav cookie sheet using parchment if necessary. You can roll them in sugar first if you like. Press them slightly flat with a fork, then cook for around 12 minutes but keep an eye on them, could require less or more time. Cool on baking rack.