Kathy’s Peanut Butterfinger® Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups extra crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 18 fun size bars chocolate-covered crispy peanut butter candy (such as Butterfinger), crushed

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Process flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a food processor until blended.

Beat peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, shortening, and unsalted butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well-blended. Add vanilla.

Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture; add crushed peanut butter candy and stir until just combined. Drop 1-inch spoonfuls of the dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.