Skippy Dark Chocolate Peanut butter Gluten Free Oatmeal M & M cookies

Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Peanut butter Oatmeal M & M cookies

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Dark Chocolate Skippy Natural Peanut Butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3 large eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups instant oats
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
2 cups M&M's (1 cup in batter, rest for decorating tops)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Mix everything up to the chips in a mixer and by hand stir in the chips & 1 cup m & m's.
3. Drop the cookies by heaping Tablespoons on the sheets. Press in a few m &m's on top to look pretty.
4. Bake 10 to 13 minutes.  Will firm up on the sheets while cooling.  Once out of oven, immediately top with a few extra chips or m and m's to look nice! Can also add a chocolate drizzle if desired by melting some chocolate chips.
yield: approx 30 cookies

*I partnered with Skippy Peanut Butter to help launch a Cookie Workshop on Facebook. All recipes and opinions are my own.

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp kosher salt
3 cups old fashioned oats
3/4 cups raisins
3/4 cups dried blueberries
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/4c. dark chocolate chips
1/4c. semisweet chips
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Add in oats and mix until evenly incorporated.
Finally add in raisins and chips.  Original said to chill for at least 2 hours-I skipped this chilling as I have no patience haha but it's probably a good idea!
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Let cool and dig in!
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• 1/2 cup (1 stick), salted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar 
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• Mini marshmallows and mini Hershey bars

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1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup + a drop more SILK Dark Chocolate Almond Milk 1 tbsp. chopped dark chocolate
1 T. chopped chocolate (dark or milk)

Instructions:
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• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar 
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
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Stir in oats until it comes together.  Do not chill dough.
Preheat oven to 375F. 

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• 1/2 cup (1 stick), salted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar 
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
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Beat the brown butter and sugars.  Add egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients.
Stir in oats until dough comes together.  Do not chill dough.
Preheat oven to 375F. 

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from

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