There's been a good batch; there's been a flat batch. I couldn't say what the difference has been between the two, but this is an odd little recipe for cookies because it doesn't ask for any flour, so even though the texture is thick at the ball-making stage, you can only hope that the four and a half cups of oats you put in holds up and keeps its form under heat. The first time Carly and I made these we did all kinds of substituting – no peanuts and no raisins, and instead of chocolate candies, the first time anyway, we put in M&M pretzel candies, which were killer good. So, the overall recipe calls for a bunch of oats, white and brown sugar, a cup of peanut butter, baking soda, some chocolate candies (couldn't find the pretzel kind this time around so substituted, again, with M&M's peanut butter), and a cup of chocolate chips (we used mini semi-sweets to fill in all those cracks). This batch, with high hopes and nice looking batter (below), for some reason flattened and was a bit sticky and rough textured. We try to make a batch at least every other week, and will try these Monsters again pleads Carly, who likes to sample through just about every stage of baking.
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