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    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies

    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies are the ultimate pantry clearing oatmeal cookie recipe!

    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies | how to make best ever trail mix cookie recipe | kids cookies | cookies with peanut butter and oatmeal
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    A light crispy exterior with chewy center these Trail Mix Cookies are the best easy and most delicious way to carry your trail mix.

    Everything cookies

    A monster like drop cookie recipe with peanut butter, oatmeal and whatever trail mix ingredients you choose.

    Load them up with nuts, seeds, chocolate, dried fruit, and and every other trail mix ingredients you have.

    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies | how to make best ever trail mix cookie recipe | kids cookies | cookies with peanut butter and oatmeal

    Trail Mix Cookies really are the ideal are the best base for whatever flavor and texture combinations you can come up with!

    Just like ANYTHING can go into trail mix, anything and everything can go into trail mix cookies.

    Ingredients

    • Trail mix
    • Old fashioned oats
    • Butter
    • Light brown sugar
    • Granulated sugar
    • Peanut butter – creamy peanut butter or crunchy peanut butter.
    • Eggs
    • Whole wheat flour – Don’t have any whole wheat flour around or just plain prefer to avoid wheat? Use regular flour or experiment with almond flour or another gluten free flour.
    • Baking soda
    • Baking powder
    • Salt
    • Ground cinnamon

    Trail mix

    Classic chocolate trail mix like Costco trail mix / Kirkland trail mix, and Target’s Archer Farms trail mix use m&ms chocolate candy, peanuts, almonds, cashews and raisins. You can make trail mix without raisins though by substituting another dried fruit or make trail mix without fruit.

    Or choose trail mix ingredients inspired by tried and true flavor combinations like bananas and chocolate, coconut and macadamia nuts, and pretzels and chocolate.

    Or simply open up the baking cabinet and use up what’s left in the bottom of all those random bags to look for trail mix ingredients. A little salty potato chips with peanuts and chocolate maybe?

    Step by step instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Preparing baking sheets with parchment paper, silicone baking sheets or lightly grease with butter or baking spray.
    2. Beat room temperature butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy then add peanut butter.
    3. Mix in eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition.
    4. In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add combined mixture to creamed mix and stir until it comes together. 
    5. Add trail mix and stir until combined.
    6. Using a ½ inch ice cream scoop drop dough onto prepared baking sheets. Placing only 8 cookies per sheet rather than 12 to leave space for spreading.
    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies | how to make best ever trail mix cookie recipe | kids cookies | cookies with peanut butter and oatmeal
    1. Bake cookies, rotating halfway through until golden brown and just set, about 12 to 14 minutes. Just make sure not to overbake them or they’ll lose that great texture contrast.
    2. Let cool on sheet 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
    3. Enjoy! These trail mix cookies are packed with high energy, nutritious ingredients and make a great after school, outdoor adventure or picnic snack.
    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies | how to make best ever trail mix cookie recipe | kids cookies | cookies with peanut butter and oatmeal

    How to store

    Store Trail Mix Cookies tightly covered in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Or freeze cookie dough for up to 3 months.

    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies | how to make best ever trail mix cookie recipe | kids cookies | cookies with peanut butter and oatmeal

    Trail Mix Cookies

    Peanut Butter Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies are the ultimate pantry clearing oatmeal cookie recipe.
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    resting time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    everything cookies, monster cookie, peanut butter oatmeal cookie, trail mix, trail mix cookie, trail mix cookie recipe
    Servings: 72 cookies
    Calories: 75kcal
    Author: Tristin Rieken

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups old fashioned oats
    • ¾ cup unsalted butter
    • ¾ cup light brown sugar
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
    • 2 large eggs
    • ¾ cup whole wheat flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 2 cups trail mix

    Trail Mix

    • ½ cup m&ms
    • ½ cup almonds roasted
    • ½ cup cashews roasted
    • ¼ cup peanuts roasted
    • ¼ cup raisins

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Preparing baking sheets with parchment paper, silicone baking sheets or lightly grease with butter or baking spray.
    • Cream butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add peanut butter and mix in eggs, one at a time incorporating well after each addition.
    • In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add combined mixture to creamed mix and stir until it comes together. 
    • Add trail mix and stir until combined. Using a ½ inch ice cream scoop drop dough onto prepared baking sheets. Placing only 8 cookies per sheet rather than 12 to leave space for spreading.
    • Bake cookies, rotating halfway through until godlen brown and just set, about 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool on sheet 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
    • Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 43mg | Potassium: 60mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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    1. chelsey

      March 07, 2018 at 5:32 pm

      Oh my goodness these look delicious! Thanks for sharing ❤️

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    2. Caylin

      March 07, 2018 at 6:33 pm

      5 stars
      Whoa these look so good!

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