Finest Hour Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
• 7/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
• 6 ounces fine milk chocolate candy bars (i use symphony with almonds and toffee)
• 2 cups oats
• 11 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to approximately 360 degrees.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, combine flour, ginger, salt and baking soda, set aside.
• 3 melt chocolate bar in double boiler or microwave.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and extracts until thoroughly mixed.
• 5 add one egg at a time, mixing on low speed, scraping down sides of bowl between each egg.
• 6 add melted chocolate bar and peanut butter, mixing on low until throughly combined.
• 7 slowly add flour mixture to batter.
• 8 stir in oats and chocolate chunks by hand.
• 9 form balls by rolling between hands or drop by heaping tablespoons onto baking sheet then slightly flatten balls on baking sheet.
• 10 bake for 9-11 minutes, until slightly golden, rotating sheets halfway through cooking time.
• 11 let cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack or wax paper to cool completely.