Monster cookies

by Kathy Hamman Miller

This is a great old-time cookie recipe that everyone will ask you to bring for that dish to pass. These ingredients make about 8 dozen. Double the recipe as I do to make a monster batch for extras to pass out to friends and neighbors

Ingredients:

1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter

2 cups white sugar

2 cups brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 tablespoon honey or corn syrup

3 cups creamy peanut butter

6 beaten large eggs

9 cups oatmeal- not the quick

4 teaspoons baking soda

1 bag baking M&M’s

2 bags dark chocolate chips

1 bag butterscotch chips

Instructions:

The night before baking, cream softened butter with the white and brown sugar. Add vanilla, honey, peanut butter, stirring until smooth mixing in the beaten eggs and set aside.

In another large mixing bowl stir together the oats, baking soda, M&M’s, chocolate chips, and the butterscotch chips.

I also should point out I didn’t forget to add the flour, the oats take its place and you also might find you might want more or less of the goodies! I’ve also made the combo of white chocolate with pecan pieces and cranberry raisins, the possibilities are endless. Your family’s choice completely.

Combine the wet and dry ingredients stirring until fully incorporated. Now here’s the trick I learned over the years. Cover and store in fridge until the next morning. The oats absorb the moisture and the cooling makes it so much easier to take a cookie scoop off the dough out to place on the cookie sheets.

When you’re ready, preheat oven to 350 and bake for 15 minutes. Enjoy!