No Bake Monster Cookies

By CheeseDiva

Make Ahead: The dough can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 month, or frozen for up to 3 months.

Where to Buy: It takes just a few minutes to make your own heat-treated flour. But you can buy Page House heat-treated flour online via Honeyville.com and Amazon.com.

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup loosely packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup heat-treated flour (see headnote and NOTE)
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats (may substitute with food-processor-blended old-fashioned rolled oats)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup M&Ms
• 1 cup mini marshmallows (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped chocolate sandwich cookies
• 1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the unsalted butter, peanut butter, granulated and brown sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer; beat on medium speed for several minutes, until lightened and fluffy. (The creamier this base mixture is, the smoother the dough will be.)
Add the vanilla extract and beat just until incorporated. Stop to scrape down the bowl.
Whisk together the flour, oats, and salt in a separate container. On low speed, gradually add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture, until there is no trace of flour left.
Fold in the chocolate chips, M&Ms, mini marshmallows, if using, the cookie pieces and rainbow sprinkles by hand.
The dough is ready to eat or transfer it to a container for cold storage.

NOTE: To heat-treat, the flour (to destroy any pathogens), microwave the amount needed for this recipe in a microwave-safe bowl on HIGH for 30 seconds, then take out the bowl and give the flour a good stir with a fork. There will be a few lumps but stir them away. Repeat the microwaving and stirring two more times. The internal temperature of the flour should register at least 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Sift the flour into a container and cool completely before using or storing.