Cinnamon Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last year, I made a post about Chocolate Chip cookies. It was the ultimate no-fail cookie recipe. It was perfect and I then began to experiment. I created instead, Cinnamon Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies! Yum! These are the perfect blend of flavors and I am obsessed! I need to be careful not to consume too many. I lost 15 lbs in the last year and I'd like to keep it that way. So, these will be made to give out, not for me to consume! Trust me, this is a HUGE sacrifice! But if you're willing to just dive in... be my guest!

Cinnamon Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 c rolled oats, ground

1 c flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon, plus more for dusting

1/4 c butter, softened

1/4 c oil

1/2 c sugar

1/3 c brown sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 c peanut butter, creamy

1 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.

Grind oats in a blender or food processor. Transfer to a medium bowl and stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and peanut butter; beat until smooth and creamy. With the mixer running, add the dry ingredients, beating on low speed until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls, at least 1 inch apart, onto the prepared baking sheets. Dust with cinnamon. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until firm around the edges and golden on top, about 15 minutes. Cool the cookies for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Sugar Cookie Cupcakes

**This post does contain reviews!!!!

Last night, I messed up big time! I tried to make coffee cake (p.s. coffee cake doesn't have coffee in it, in case you didn't know) and I accidentally read the recipe wrong. In my efforts to fix it, I failed miserably and instead came out with something even BETTER! I made Sugar Cookie Cupcakes! Don't get it? I'll explain

Light and fluffy cupcake + taste of a sugar cookie = Sugar Cookie Cupcake

Sugar Cookie Cupcakes

Ingredients

2 sticks of butter

3 c sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1 1/3 c soy milk (or regular milk is fine)

2 tsp vanilla

3 c flour

3 tsp baking powder

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin pan or use muffin liners. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and salt until well mixed. Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing after each cup. Mix in baking powder.

Pour 1/4 cup of the mixture into each muffin cup. Bake for 25 min. Let cool for 10 minutes. Frost with sugar cookie icing (recipe below)

Sugar Cookie Icing

Ingredients

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp milk

2 c powdered sugar

Mix butter and milk. Mix in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly mixed.

*Frost quickly because it will harden fast.

Reviews:

(Quinn: They're good!)

(Dave: Let me tell you about these cupcakes, right here. You can never stop at just one! MmMm Good!)

(Ben: Crispy exterior that when you bite into it, you experience the soft texture of the interior. It tasted like a sugar cookie, but felt as light and fluffy as a cupcake)

(Even the boss man liked it!)