Holly Jolly Peanut Butter Cookies

(from largomason’s recipe box)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup Parkay original stick butter
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 pkg (12.6 oz) M&Ms

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine flour, oats, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside.

  2. Cream peanut butter, parkay and both sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Turn mixer down to low speed and gradually add flour mixture. Stir in M&Ms with wooden spoon.

  3. form mixture into 1 inch balls. Place 3 inches apart on nonstick baking sheets and flatten with tines of fork in criss-cross pattern.

  4. bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and centers are still soft. Cool 1 minute on baking sheet, transfer to wire racks, cool completely.

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