Giant, chewy, peanut butter oatmeal cookies straight from the HG HQ. WOOHOO!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup regular oats (not instant)
1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup brown sugar (not packed)
1/4 cup Better'n Peanut Butter
2 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown), room temperature
2 tbsp. no-sugar-added applesauce
2 tbsp. fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
Dash salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, peanut butter, Splenda, butter, applesauce, egg substitute, and vanilla extract, and mix thoroughly with a wire whisk or fork.

Add flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir until completely mixed and smooth.

Add oats and mix until they are thoroughly coated with the batter.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Spoon batter onto the sheet in 6 evenly spaced mounds. Using the back of a spoon, spread and flatten batter into circles about 3 1/2 inches wide.

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cookie comes out clean.

Remove baking sheet from the oven, and allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on the sheet. Then slide parchment paper onto a cool surface, and let cool COMPLETELY. (Really, they taste best once they've totally cooled.) Enjoy!

MAKES 6 SERVINGS

Peanut butter cookies are incredibly delicious but also incredibly high in sugar, fat, and calories. What do you expect? They're COOKIES that have been infused with PEANUT BUTTER. Even small ones have stats that are too high, but many places (bakeries, restaurants, grandmothers' houses) make cookies that are the size of your face. And that's just too big (even if you have a teeny tiny face!). A typical large peanut butter cookie has about 315 calories and nearly 20g fat. Let's not even THINK about those size-of-your-face monstrosities. Since we love PB cookies, we thought we'd give those nutty treats a makeover. Our version has DELICIOUS ingredients, from the sensible (oats!) to the super-guilt-free (Better'n Peanut Butter!). Make a batch of these softies, and don't forget to let us know how they stack up...