Lunchbox Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 2/3 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons orange zest
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons butter or 10 tablespoons margarine, room temperature
1/2 cup peanut butter (I prefer chunky)
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 1/3 cups white sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups peanuts, chopped (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
Spead oats on baking sheet and toast in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until oats are golden brown, stirring occassinally. Set aside.
Increase oven temperature to 350-degrees F.
Combine flour, orange peel, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl cream butter and peanut butter until light.
Add sugars (brown and white) and beat until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and continue beating. Stir in vanilla.
Fold in flour mixture.
Fold in browned oatmeal and peanuts.
Drop batter onto baking sheets by tablespoons, spacing 3-inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with a fork making criss-cross lines on the cookies.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until done (cookies will begin to brown around edges).
Cool in pans for 5 minutes before transferring cookies to racks to finish cooling.