Christmas Goodies for delivery to friends?

[Artful]

I'll start every year we delivery

Monster Cookies

Ingredients
48 oz jar creamy peanut butter
1 pound of unsalted butter, softened
A dozen eggs
5 cups packed light brown sugar
4 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoon salt
2+ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cup multi-colored chocolate candies
2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup raisins, optional
8 teaspoons baking soda
18 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)

1 cup raisins or Walnuts, optional

Preheat 350 Deg Oven

Put butter in large bowl - add Sugar & brown Sugar and beat until butter lightens in color
add vanilla, baking soda, salt and eggs one at a time then add peanut butter a little at a time.

Take the bowl off the blender and hand mix in M&M's, chocolate chips, oatmeal and if you want raisins or walnuts - you'll need 3 baking sheets to do it easy - cover with parchment paper or silpat
on each one you'll get about half a dozen hand size cookies - take a wad of dough about the size of your palm (smaller than a tennis ball if you got big hands) and make it into a patty (like a hamburger patty) place out 1-2 inches apart on the cookie sheet - when the first sheet is filled put
in the preheated oven - set a timer - (10 - 12 min depending upon your oven) you DON'T want to see these change color - after it's done let it set on the cookie sheet while you put the next one in and bake it 10-12 min - when that sheet comes out put the 3rd cookie sheet in and you than then loosen the cookies from the first cookie sheet - wait an additional 5 min and move them off to a rack or plate and reload the first cookie sheet to go back in - keep the cycle going until out of dough.

Enjoy - these are rich and usually one or two to a person is all you need deliver.

[Hardcast416taylor]

What would you say is a "ball park" number of cookies a single batch of ingredients makes?Robert

[Shiloh]

There was something very similar to this in the breakroom on Thursday. Tasty, and like you say, very rich.

Shiloh

[Artful]

What would you say is a "ball park" number of cookies a single batch of ingredients makes?Robert

4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger .

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!

[Artful]

Time to make the cookies

[merlin101]

Oboy, those look good!

[Minerat]

4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger .

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!

Oh, Those look terrible. You better send them to me for disposal so you don't get sick. I'll take one for the team. Merry Christmas.

[Artful]

Tried something new - soaked the raisin's in run while making up the dough - needs work as didn't plump up enough but going to work on the concept.

[bangerjim]

Sounds/looks good! Except for the rasins........I hate rasins! Mabe white rasins in moderation.

Peanut butter and choclate works! YUM! We buy that HUGE 10# cardbox of Quaker Oats at Costco. I eat oatmeal every morning. It magically does reduce cholesterol a bit.

Merry Christmas. And don't gain TOO much weight eatin' those cookies!!!!!!!!

banger

[Artful]

banger - fortunately you know the baker - if you want we can meet up and I can deliver a cookier or two
without raisins and with or without the nuts (pecans). Say the word

[MaryB]

I usually make a batch of jerky to give away but this year nothing is getting done to much neck pain, no sleep, struggling to breathe on the left side leaves me worn out. CT Myelogram today, hope it shows what is pinched and screwing up my muscles on the left side

[DougGuy]

I have been making chocolate chip cookies every Christmas Eve for 31yrs straight now. It started in 1983 when we were too poor to afford presents, and it just sorta caught on, the nieces and nephews asking every year "Is Uncle Doug making cookies?" and it became a family tradition that I have kept even today. I often choose a few random friends and send them a box of cookies right after Christmas. Spread the cookie love!

I won't steer Artful's thread, but might start one for these but the Monster Cookies look AWESOME!

[buckwheatpaul]

Artful, what do you think about substituting cranberries (Crazins) for the rasins? Love the recipe....will be trying soon...thanks, Paul

[MaryB]

Chocolate covered craisens are great so it should work well

[Dryball]

I gotta try this one Artful. I like your rum raisin idea too...I will use the vacuum sealer to try and speed things up a bit.

[Artful]

Artful, what do you think about substituting cranberries (Crazins) for the rasins? Love the recipe....will be trying soon...thanks, Paul

I like it! you can also substitute other nuts for the walnuts - like pecans

[Artful]

Time to make the cookies - Merry Christmas to ALL

[Wayne Smith]

I will soak craizins in brandy overnight for apple pie. Rum raisins are very similar. Fully plumped in about 12 hours.

[tinhorn97062]

4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger .

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!

I'm pretty sure I need to come hang out at your house, if this kind of thing is being cranked out of the oven.

[Artful]

Oh, this is only one type of cookie -
so far
Oatmeal Butterscotch
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Coconut Chocolate fudge
-
still to make
Rum Balls
Rum soaked Raisin, chocolate chip oatmeal
and just M&M chocolate chip cookies