Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2001

Good recipe. I made a few changes. Eliminated margarine, I couldn't bring myself to use it!!!! I added 1/2 cup butter & 1 cup peanut butter. Delicious!

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Chaille

Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2003

These were very good, and a great cookie for when you can't make up your mind between chocolate chip and "candy coated chocolate" cookies. I used all butter and the first batch burned on the bottom. I reduced the oven temperature to 325 degrees and the following batches were perfect.

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cookin'mama

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2004

These cookies were delicious! I only made half of the recipe and I followed MJSJSMITH's ideas, using 1/2 cup of peanut butter, 1/2 cup butter flavor shortening, 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar and a 1/2 cup of white sugar. I also used kosher salt, bread flour instead of all purpose flour, and chocolate chunks instead of chocolate chips. The dough was a bit crumbly but the cookies came out great(crispy on the outside, soft and chewy in the inside). Wonderful cookies!!!

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cyclone77

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2003

These are some of the best cookies I have ever eaten!!! I read previous reviews and here's how I adjusted mine. Baked at 325 for 13-14 minutes, no burning. Instead of maragine I added an additional 1/2 cup of butter and 1/2 cup of peanut butter. Next time I may change to add a little more peanut butter, because I like the taste of peanut butter, it was not overpowering though. Since I made this for bake sale I used red and blue M&M's for the candy. I also sprinkled red, white and blue sprinkles on top before baking. They looked so festive. BEWARE this recipe makes a ton of cookies I ended up with like 9 dozen, you may want to half the recipe.

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LIBBY1979

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2002

I have made this recipe several times altering different aspects each time and to me this is the best cookie recipe ever. The changes I made were 1 1/2 cups of peanut butter instead of 1 cup butter, 3 cups flour and 5 cups oatmeal, not 4 and 4, 4 teaspoons of vanila instead of 2, 3/4 cup of the candy not 1 cup and add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Also these cookies bake up best when they are large. I roll the cookie dough into a ball slightly larger than a golf ball. If you try to make smaller cookies you end up with a lot of the candy and chocolate chips on the outside of the cookie not baked inside. I always make the full recipe and freeze most of them. These are delicious fresh but tend to stale quickly. I freeze any cookies that won't be eaten in 3-4 days. They defrost quickly and taste as though they were baked that day

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MKCS3

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2003

Great cookies, but in the grand tradition of allrecipes, I altered them somewhat. The only monster cookies I've ever had, had peanut butter in them, so I added 1.5 cups p.b., omitting margarine, used butter flavored shortening instead of butter (I like soft and chewy), used 3 cups of b. sugar and 1 cup w. sugar, and finally mini chocolate chips and mini M&Ms-2 cups. These were some serious cookies-very tasty.

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MRSJSMITH

Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2004

These were really great! I did use peanut butter in place of butter and I found the mixture getting somewhat dry when mixing so I only used 3 cups flour and 3 cups oats. Very tasty and the kids love them!

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MOMMYSLITTLGIRL

Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2004

I could screw up the lords prayer when it comes to baking cookies but these were the best things I have ever baked hands down ! The recipe is huge so I scaled down to half.Subsituted the candy coated chocolate for raisins and baked at 325 instead of 350 about 14 minutes. Crispy on the outside and chewy in the middle ! Awesome !

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SWINGYOURDONUTS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Living In: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2003

I made these for some friends at camp and they all sent me thank you notes within a week, one all the way from Russia! Thanks for such a tasty recipe!

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BOND 007

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wauseon, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2003

These were a huge hit with my family and coworkers. I used 2 other reviews: I made them golf ball sized and flattened them a tiny bit on the pan and baked for 14 minutes. I also omitted the margarine and used 1/2 C more butter and 2 C Peanut Butter. Delicious, beautiful cookies!!!

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