peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Last night my sister decided that since we had finished off all the desserts in the house, we should make some more.  We searched through some of my favorite cookbooks as well as pinterest for inspiration and decided on this somewhat healthier version of a cookie.  It doesn't have any flour or butter and instead has peanut butter and oatmeal. 

*The original recipe I found through pinterest is here.  I made some changes to it and loved it so my recipe is what follows.

Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter (or chunky)
1/2 cup brown sugar (dark or light)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 large eggs
2/3 cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chocolate chips - I used milk chocolate and they were great but you could use semi-sweet

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease or spray your cookie sheet.
2. In a large bowl cream the peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs until light.
3. Add the oatmeal and baking soda, mixing until well incorporated.  Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
4. Using a cookie dough scoop or about a tablespoon of dough, place the cookie dough on the cookie sheet. The batter is pretty sticky so my cookie dough scoop was perfect and a lot less messy.
5. Bake for about ten minutes, or until the edges are nicely browned. 

*The recipe makes about a dozen and a half cookies but it would be easy to double it.

Enjoy!