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Chocolate Peppermint Oatmeal Cookies are a great Christmas cookies recipe using oats, cocoa and peppermint baking chips.

Chocolate Peppermint Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 cups Quaker Oats (Quick 1-Minute)
  • 1/2 pkg Andes Peppermint Baking Chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350Ā°.

  2. Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar.

  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.

  4. Add vanilla.

  5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually mix in to batter.

  6. Add oats slowly; dough will become stiff. Fold inĀ peppermint baking chips.

  7. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.

  8. Bake for 11 minutes until set; cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.