No Flour Monster Cookies

Cooling rack of baked monster cookies with no flour in them.

No Flour Monster Cookies are the ultimate cookie loaded with peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips, and colorful candies. They're chewy, thick, and totally irresistible - without a single scoop of flour. Naturally gluten-free and easy to make.

Course Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword no flour monster cookies

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 8

Total Time 23

Servings

Calories 185kcal

Author Jessica

Equipment

Ingredients

3 large eggs
1¼ cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter softened
1½ cups creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt (I use sea salt)
4½ cups quick oats
1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup mini m&m's

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper (preferred) or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer, or use the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the large eggs, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar until thoroughly combined. About 1-2 minutes beating on medium-high speed.
3 large eggs, 1¼ cups packed light brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar
Add in the softened butter, creamy peanut butter, baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt. Beat until thoroughly combined.
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, 1½ cups creamy peanut butter, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon salt
Add in the quick oats, miniature chocolate chips, and mini m&m's and beat on low speed (increase the speed as needed) until everything is well combined.
^{*Be sure and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure everything is mixed in.}
4½ cups quick oats, 1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup mini m&m's
Use a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the dough out and release the dough ball onto the cookie sheet. 12 cookies per cookie sheet.
Bake for 7-9 minutes.
^{*The cookies should not look done when you take them out of the oven, but rather still soft looking and only a very light golden color to them. As they cool they will set up perfectly. My cookies have never baked past them 7 minutes.}
Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the warm cookie sheet for about 20 minutes, and then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
^{*The cookies don't spread much at all while baking so I always like to take some additional m&m's and gently press them onto the top of each cookie. This makes them look pretty but it also helps them spread slightly so they're more of that cookie shape.}
These monster cookies are really yummy eaten warm or at room temperature. Enjoy!

Notes

These monster cookies are naturally gluten-free, however, if there is an allergy then I would recommend using specifically labeled 'gluten-free' quick oats to ensure that there is no trace or cross contamination of gluten. Oats are naturally gluten-free but they are processed in a place where gluten may be processed. So use gluten-free oats for a 100% gluten-free cookie.
Make sure the butter is well softened. If the butter is not room temperature, or slightly warmed, it will leave the cookie dough mixture with lumps to it when it's added in. I like to microwave the butter for 25 seconds, turning the stick to a different side every 3 or 4 seconds, until it's nice and softened.
Whole old-fashioned oats are not the same thing as quick oats. Because of the no flour, this recipe specially calls for and has been designed, for only quick oats. The smaller texture is needed to hold and bing everything together. Only use quick oats in this recipe.
I love using the mini sized chocolate chips and m&m's, but you can use regular sized chocolate chips and m&m's if wanted.
The cookies don't spread much, if at all, while baking. So I like to press a few additional m&m's onto the top of each cookie which will naturally flatten them slightly and makes them look pretty.
I highly recommend using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough out with. This not only makes the cookies look pretty because of the shape, but it also makes them all the same size.

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