Menu Monday + Monster Cookies {6.6.22}

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I pulled out my recipe binder last week and spent some time updating it. I had quite a few recipes I’d torn out of Southern Living and Taste of Home magazines that needed to be organized into the pages.

In the process, I came across a hand-written recipe card for my mom’s Monster Cookies – the recipe she made in the late 90’s when I was in high school. I instantly felt myself craving a taste, so I added the ingredients to my grocery list and made a batch!

These cookies come together in just one bowl and are really easy to make. I baked them on a super stormy June day and they didn’t flatten out one bit – a danger with summer baking in the South!

Here’s the recipe, just as it appears on that hand written recipe card.

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Monster Cookies

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened (I used butter)
• 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup M&M’s
• 1 cup butterscotch chips (I couldn’t find these and used Reeses Pieces instead)
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 2 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl, cream peanut butter, butter/margarine and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add baking soda and vanilla. Add oats, M&M’s, butterscotch chips and peanuts. Let stand for 10 minutes. Stir in flour (dough will be crumbly).

Shape 1/8 cup full into balls. Place on greased cookie sheet. Gently flatten cookies and press a few candies on the top of each cookie. Bake at 325 until edges just begin to brown, around 8 minutes. Carefully transfer to a wire cooling rack.

Makes around 3 dozen, depending on the size of your cookies and how much dough you eat. 🙂

Tips: I used my medium cookie scoop and silicone baking mats (so I didn’t have to grease the cookie sheets). The salted peanuts are a good deal at Dollar Tree, and I found the best price on candy at Dollar General.

Let me know if you try this recipe! It would be fun to do with seasonal M&M’s or colored M&M’s that coordinate with a party theme.

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On The Menu

Breakfast:

• Cereal
• Avocado Toast

Lunch:

• Sloppy Joe Leftovers
• Turkey Subs with Havarti Cheese, Tomato and Avocado

Supper:

• Super Sloppy Joes/Corn Saute/Chips
• Chicken Enchiladas/Taco Rice/Watermelon
• 15 Minute Pork Roast/Oven Roasted Potatoes/Garlic Green Beans
• Pasta with Chicken Meatballs and Red Sauce/Caesar Salad
• BBQ Pork from the freezer/Mac and Cheese
• Leftovers
• Supper Out

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