Oat-Hemp-Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies.....So Good

Whether you just have to include chocolate in your cookies or simply want the treat to at least be a little bit healthy to make it worth the indulgence, this recipe is a winner. Ideal for those milk and cookie after school snacks, coffee breaks, holiday cookie exchanges or gift ideas. They freeze well too!

Taken from Taste Of Home magazine, contributed by Jaymie Noble of Michigan, this recipe just has one alteration which is the addition of hemp seeds.

OAT-RAGEOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup oats or oatmeal

1/4 cup hemp seeds

2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups or 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar

Beat in the eggs and vanilla

In another bowl, combine the flour, oats, hemp seed, baking soda and salt. 

Add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture and mix well

Stir in the chocolate chips

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets

Bake at 350 for 10 - 12 minutes till lightly browned 

Cool a bit before removing to wire racks so they don't fall apart

Makes about 4 dozen

ENJOY