Monster Cookies

Ok - so being all laid up with a broken ankle hasn’t really been much fun these last 5 weeks but it has allowed me to go a bit mad and try some things I don’t normally do about the house…

So I conned my mother into picking up some ingredients at the supermarket and we set about making some Monster Cookies. I thought I’d share this recipe with the world… but be warned, these things are in no way good for you.

Ingredients (makes 20-25 cookies)
100g butter
190g caster sugar
190g + 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
400g peanut butter
3/4 teaspoon glucose syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
675g regular oats, uncooked
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
150g regular m&m’s
150g choc chips

First off, cream the butter…

Gradually add the sugar (yeah, I know this seems like a LOT of sugar) and beat the mixture well. Add beaten eggs, peanut butter, syrup and vanilla. Beat this well until it looks like it does below.

Add oats (again, yes, really this many), soda and salt. At this point you are probably thinking, holy shit this mixture is stiff. This is how it should be.

I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND eating some of this dough now as it tastes godlike.

Stir in the remainder of the ingredients. Its pretty hard to mix the chocolate and m&m’s in well but try hard because you need to be careful that you don’t end up with loads of these at the bottom of the bowl at the end.

If you have one, use a little 50g measure to drop the cookie dough onto cookie sheets or baking trays. We just used our hands because we are awesome. Lightly press the dough into 3.5 inch circles. We made ours a little bigger but this is up to you…

Bake these at about 165degC (150 for fan ovens) for about 12 mins although you might wanna check them at 10. The centre should still be a little soft. Cool these for a minute or two on the trays and then transfer to wire racks (if you have them) and cool them completely.

NOM…