1 ¼ cups flour
dash of salt
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats
½ cup cocoa
2 sticks butter, softened
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1/2-3/4 cup chunky peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and oats; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add peanut butter and eggs, one at at time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Mix well. Grease cookie sheet and drop slightly rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake until edges are slightly browned, approximately 9-10 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Makes about 4 dozen 3” cookies