Healthier Peanut butter Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies are addictive and healthier than the usual recipes but you cannot tell at all! The coconut flavor from the coconut oil makes these cookies.

 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/3 cup PB2 chocolate peanut butter powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups quick oats
2 cups brown sugar or honey
1 cup coconut oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

1. Beat together coconut oil, sugar or honey, eggs, and vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl.

2. Now mix all dry ingredients in a separate bowl, flour, salt, cinnamon, protein powder, peanut butter powder, baking soda, baking powder, and oatmeal.

3. Now combine the dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir until completely combined.

4. Now scoop dough into balls using a tablespoon measure, place on parchment lined sheet  2" apart and bake for 5 minutes, rotate the baking sheet and return to oven for 4 to 5 minutes, until caramel in color, let cool 2 minutes and transfer cookies onto another sheet pan to cool.

Toffee Cookie Sandwiches

I have been looking for ways to use up some Heath toffee bits I had in the fridge, I also had leftover frosting from cupcakes and I ended up with these! My boys loved helping me make the cookies and the frosting I should have taken pictures of my 18mo mixing the cookie dough and my 3yo fighting over the spoon! LOL. These cookies would be a best seller at a school bake sale as well. But anyways I got this recipe from the Hershey's website check it out for other great recipes using Hershey's products.

Makes about 36 cookies or 18 sandwiches

Ingredients: 

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed light brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs, at room temp (they incorporate a lot better.)

1 1/3 cups (8 oz. pkg.) HEATH BITS 'O BRICKLE Toffee Bits

Buttercream Frosting

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

1. Stir together the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, and salt.

2. In a separate bowl cream together butter and sugar, next stir in eggs mixing well after each addition, stir in vanilla. Slowly mix in flour mixture. Lastly stir in toffee bits.

3. Drop 1 inch sized dough balls onto a cookie sheet, bake for 8-12 minutes. Until golden, cool for 2 minutes on the sheet then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool.