Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Combine peanut butter and chocolate with vanilla and add them to a Quaker Oatmeal cookie recipe, you get a treat guaranteed to bring smiles to faces. The entire recipe only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish so you can always whip up another batch when they’re done.

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 pound (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter (not reduced-fat)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 cups Large Flake Quaker^® Oats or Quick Quaker^® Oats (uncooked)
One 9-ounce package miniature peanut butter cup candies, unwrapped, cut into halves or quarters (about 35 candies)

How to make it

Heat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, beat sugar, margarine and peanut butter until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; mix well. Add oats and candy; mix well.
Drop dough by level 1/4 cup portions 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until cookies are slightly firm to the touch. (Do not overbake.)
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.