How can you go wrong with ginormous cookies? Specifically, ginormous peanut butter cookies…that are loaded with holiday M&Ms, broken pretzels, and more!

These babies literally melt in your mouth…

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Holiday Peanut Butter Monster Cookies

A monster amount of happiness goes along with these monster cookies!

Prep Time15 minutes

Cook Time15 minutes

Servings - 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients 

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• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp peanut butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup M&Ms
• 1/2 cup crushed pretzel pieces

Instructions

• Set butter out to soften.
• In a stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream all the peanut butter, butter, sugar and packed brown sugar. Stir in the vanilla and 2 eggs.
• Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and mix into dough. Stir in the quick cooking oats and mix into dough again.
• Add the peanut butter chips, chocolate chips and M&Ms and gently stir them in. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.*
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with silicone baking mat.
• Mix the dough to loosen it up some and then stir in the crushed pretzel pieces. Scoop the dough with an ice cream scooper and place on the baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 9-11 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Let cool slightly on cooling rack before serving.
• Serve Peanut Butter Monster Cookies.

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