{"id":18641,"date":"2010-12-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/cooks\/?p=59"},"modified":"2010-12-25T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T15:00:00","slug":"monster-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/25\/monster-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFor Christmas day, there’s nothing like Monster Cookies<\/span>, the best in over-indulgent cookies. I found the recipe five years ago in <\/em>Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style<\/a>. I made them for the cookie exchange at work that year, and have returned to the recipe whenever I want the perfect treat. Monster Cookies are the twenty-fifth of my 25 Cookies of Christmas.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h4>\n
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  • 3 eggs<\/li>\n
  • 1¼ cups light brown sugar, firmly packed <\/li>\n
  • 1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n
  • ½ teaspoon salt<\/li>\n
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n
  • 1 12-ounce jar creamy peanut butter<\/li>\n
  • 1 stick butter, softened<\/li>\n
  • ½ cup M&M’s<\/li>\n
  • ½ cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n
  • ¼ cup raisins<\/li>\n
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda<\/li>\n
  • 4½ cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Directions<\/h4>\n
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    1. Preheat oven to 350°F.<\/li>\n
    2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.<\/li>\n
    3. Mix eggs and sugars in large mixing bowl.<\/li>\n
    4. Add salt, vanilla, peanut butter, and butter. Mix thoroughly.<\/li>\n
    5. Add baking soda and oatmeal, combining well. <\/li>\n
    6. Stir in M&M’s, chocolate chips, and raisins. <\/li>\n
    7. Drop cookies onto prepared cookie sheets.<\/li>\n
    8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Be careful not to overbake.<\/li>\n
    9. Let cool 3 minutes before moving to wire rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n
    10. Store in tightly covered container.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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      Time Required:<\/span> <\/span>45 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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      Servings: <\/span>about 3 dozen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      For Christmas day, there’s nothing like Monster Cookies, the best in over-indulgent cookies. I found the recipe five years ago in Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style. I made them for the cookie exchange at work that year, and have returned to the recipe whenever I want the perfect treat. Monster Cookies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424],"tags":[457,500,507],"class_list":["post-18641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cookies","tag-chocolate","tag-oatmeal","tag-paula-deen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-4QF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}