Trail Mix Cookies Recipe
Trail Mix Cookies are the perfect treat for a fall or winter hike, skating, or skiing. These cookies are filled with hearty rolled oats, peanut butter, peanuts, and trail mix to keep your energy up.
Trail Mix Cookies also make for a quick breakfast on the run.
Bake up a batch today and watch them disappear.
Trail Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups uncooked old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup butter cut into cubes at room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup banana mashed
- ¼ cup unsalted peanuts roughly chopped
- ¾ cup trail mix
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
- Pulse the oats in a food processor until coarse. Add to the dry ingredients.
- Add the butter, brown sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla to the bowl of a stand mixer or a stand-alone bowl with a hand-held mixer.
- Beat together at medium speed until well combined, about 5 minutes.
- Add the mashed banana and stir well.
- Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until the dough pulls together.
- Stir in the chopped peanuts and trail mix.
- Drop cookie dough by heaping teaspoons. Keep each cookie spaced about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, then cool on a wire baking rack.
- Enjoy!
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