Delicious Non-Rock Oatmeal Cookies

A couple of years ago, I tried my first gluten free recipe and whipped up a batch of biscuits. Unfortunately, they looked and tasted like rocks. Fortunately, I never made them again. Since then, I've found plenty of great gluten free recipes, but I haven't found a gluten free cookie that I love. Until now! Trader Joe's has a great recipe on their bag of gluten free oats.

These cookies are delicious and my whole family loves them! You can even make them healthier by cutting the sugar and using high quality dark chocolate with low sugar instead of chocolate chips. Or just go for it! And if you aren't concerned about being gluten free, then use any oats your heart desires.

1/4 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 cup peanut butter

3 cups GF oats

6 oz (or less) chocolate chips

1/2 cup sunflower seeds (try them!) or chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350. Combine sugars and butter and beat until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla and baking soda and mix well. Add peanut butter and mix. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and nuts. Use a small cookie scoop and place scoops of dough on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned around edges.

The recipe says it makes approximately 48 cookies, but I've never gotten that many. Maybe you can get 48 if you don't eat any of the dough first, but we always do!