Chewy Monster Cookies

I made these the other day.  They. Are. Awesome!  This recipes makes 3 dozen LARGE cookies (which I think if you are going to make MONSTER cookies, you might as well make them big, right?) or 6 dozen regular size cookies.  This recipe is also really easy to cut in half :)  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup peanut butter (smooth or chunky, whichever you prefer)
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups rolled oats
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup M&Ms

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.  Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.  
3. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and rolled oats in a seperate bowl.  Stir into the sugar mixture.  
4. Mix in chocolate chips and m&ms.
5. Roll into balls slightly larger than the size of a golf ball and place on the cookie sheet.  Smoosh down the top of the cookie a little bit.                                                                       
6. Bake for about 12 minutes (if you do the large size, 10-11 minutes if you make them smaller)   or until the edges are golden.  If you like them more chewy, take them out a bit before they look done.

And just because I love him, here are a couple pictures of my little sweetie!