Healthier Peanut Butter M&M Christmas Cookies

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • 1 cup Peanut butter, creamy

• Pasta & Grains

  • 5/8 cup Oats, old fashioned

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 cup Brown sugar, light lightly packed
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Desserts

  • 1 Peanut butter christmas m&m's

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Ingredients

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons honey
• ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• ½ cup + 2 tablespoons old-fashioned oats (or quick oats)
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter Christmas M&Ms for topping

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium sized bowl (I used my stand mixer) stir together the peanut butter, honey, and brown sugar. Do not warm up the peanut butter or the honey.
• Add in the oats, salt, baking soda, and vanilla extract. Stir well.
• In a separate bowl lightly beat the egg and then add it to the mixture.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the dough. Press the dough very tightly in the cookie scoop to form the balls if using your hands squeeze the mixture tightly into a ball so it doesn’t crumble.
• Form the balls onto a cookie sheet, press down slightly, top with the Peanut Butter M&Ms and more chocolate chips if desired and bake for 7-8 minutes.
• Watch the cookies closely and remove when the bottom barely starts to brown even if they dont look completely done (they cook more as they cool).
• Remove and allow to cool completely.