Peanut Butter Oreo Cake Mix Cookies

These easy to make peanut butter cookies start with a cake mix and are loaded with chunks of chopped Oreos...

So, we are on like what? Day #1,525,123 of the stay at home/quarantine life now? And yes, like everyone else I am starting to feel a little restless and antsy & long for some of the normalcy from my life pre-virus...

For one, I miss my gym workouts something fierce, you all. Specifically, cardio machines like my beloved elliptical and stair climber. 

Yeah, I know I could go out and run, but A. I kind of hate running and B. Mother Nature hasn't really been cooperating weather-wise. I mean, one day it is sunny and in the 60's and the very next day it is flipping snow here. Or it is raining. Or just plain cold.

I also miss getting my hair cut. And since I went much shorter with my hair in the fall, I had been stopping in to see my stylist about once every 3 weeks before all of this went down. I made the decision a few weeks ago to just go with it and started growing it out. 

My hair is presently in that super awkward stage of having ducky feathers and sticking out in weird places, so I am super thankful for my stretchy, wide headbands right now. And baseball caps. 

And the fact that I can't go out socially (because no one wants to witness this, lol). But hey- what better time to decide to grow it out than now? 

Peanut Butter Chai Cookies {The Leftovers Club}

A few months back, I was hanging out on Twitter when I saw someone post a recipe link for Chai Peanut Butter.  

Chai Peanut Butter?!?

Needless to say, I was super excited to click on the link and then within almost the same instant completely and utterly let down...

It was CHIA Peanut Butter!

The person who tweeted out the recipe spelled chia wrong.

Yep.  Bummed.

I have pretty much been obsessed with using that flavor combination in a recipe ever since. ;)

When I received my pairing for this month's The Leftovers Club and she stated in her email that she loved peanut butter and cinnamon, I knew it was time to make my Peanut Butter Chai dream a reality...

Thus my Peanut Butter Chai Cookies were realized.

These cookies are softy and chewy, close to a bakery style.  There is a slight hint of spice to the peanut butter, and I am happy to say peanut butter and chai make perfect bed mates. ;) 

Peanut Butter Chai Cookies

by Frugal Foodie Mama

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10-12 minutes

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Ingredients (2 dozen cookies)

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• Turbinado sugar or large crystal sugar, for topping the cookies

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.

In large bowl, cream together the butter & peanut butter. Beat in the sugars until fluffy.

Add in the egg, milk, & vanilla and mix well.

In a smaller bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, all the spices, and the black pepper.

Beat half the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Then add the rest of the flour mixture and mix. Do not over mix.

Sprinkle the turbinado sugar onto a small plate.

Roll the dough into balls slightly larger than a tablespoon. Press one side of the cookie dough ball into the sugar, flattening slightly. Continue this for the rest of the dough.

Place the sugared cookie dough balls on your prepared baking sheet, at least 2 inches apart.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are slightly browned.

Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!

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Recipe adapted from THIS ONE on Pinch of Yum.

These cookies were seriously amazing!  I have never baked a better peanut butter cookie in my life. 

If you loved this recipe, you might also like my...

Coconut Chai Biscotti

Crock Pot White Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Be sure to check out all the other amazing recipes in this month's The Leftovers Club below!