10-Cup Cookies recipe – homemade cookies loaded with peanut butter, oatmeal, toffee bits, nuts, chocolate chips. One bite and you will be blown away! Shortening, brown sugar, granulated sugar, peanut butter, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, baking powder, pecans, oatmeal, coconut, and chocolate chips. This recipe makes a ton of cookies. Great for a crowd!
Combine sugar, brown sugar, shortening and peanut butter in large mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg, beating well.
Add flour, oats, baking soda and baking powder. Mix well. Stir in pecan, coconut, almond bits and chocolate chips.
Scoop dough with medium cookie scoop and place on parchment lined baking sheets.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on pan for 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack.
Notes:
Can use any mix-ins that you enjoy. Raisins, butterscotch chips, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, pretzels, Rice Krispie cereal, peanuts, pistachios, and walnuts are all great.
I use a medium cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough.
Can use creamy or chunky peanut butter.
Why use shortening? Shortening makes the cookies crumbly, flaky, and tender. Shortening is 100 percent fat as opposed to butter and lard, which are about 80 percent fat. Using shortening results in especially tender cakes, cookies, and pie crusts.
Can I substitute butter? You can, but it will change the texture of the cookies.
I make the cookie dough in an electric stand mixer. You can mix the dough with a handheld mixer or by hand with a spatula or wooden spoon.
Can 10-Cup Cookies be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the cookie dough or the baked cookies.
To freeze the unbaked cookie dough, scoop the dough and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer. Once the dough is frozen, transfer cookie dough balls to a freezer bag and store the balls in the freezer for 3 to 6 months. There is no need to thaw the dough before baking; simply add a few minutes to the cooking time.
To freeze baked cookies, allow the cookies to cool completely and place them in a freezer bag. Place the bag in the freezer. The cookies will keep about 3 months in the freezer.
The cookies will keep for 5 to 7 days in an airtight container.