Protein Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup rolled oats
• ½ cup Flourish Buttermilk Protein Pancake Mix
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
• ⅓ cup natural creamy peanut butter 
• 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
• 3 tbsp coconut sugar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup peanuts, finely chopped

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together oats, Flourish, flaxseed, cinnamon and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut sugar and vanilla.
4. Add the wet mixture over the dry mixture. Using a rubber spatula fold until combined. Fold in peanuts.
5. Scoop out about 2 tbsp worth of cookie dough and roll it out into a ball and place onto the prepared baking sheet, evenly spaced apart. Using a spoon flatten cookies to desired thickness, they will not spread while cooking. 
6. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer cookies onto a cooling rack to continue cooling completely before storing.
7. Store in an airtight container for 1 week.