Chewy Oatmeal-Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
Preparation time: 15 minutes plus baking
Yield: About 6 dozen cookies
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups peanut butter
4 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons soda
Choice or all of following:
1 cup M&M's
1 cup raisins
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
Cream butter and sugars; add eggs, vanilla and peanut butter until well-blended. Stir in oats, soda and optional choice ingredients. Shape into 1-inch balls, place on greased cookie sheet and flatten to 2-inch diameter. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
Each serving contains 101 calories; 6 gm fat; 47 mg sodium; 10 mg cholesterol.

