Sue’s monster cookies

My mother in law Sue makes monster cookies that my husband Rich loves. I’m not a peanut butter cookie fan but I can see the appeal of these cookies with a little bit of everything in them ! This recipe is for a very large batch of cookies ! Sue made these for Christmas and sent it out to a lot of people ! Please scale down the recipe for a smaller batch . This made about 18-25 dozen cookies !!!!!!!

Ingredients 

Eggs - 12

Brown sugar - 2 lbs

White sugar - 4 cups 

White Karo syrup - 1 tbsp

Baking soda - 8 tsp

Butter - 1 lb

Peanut butter - 3 lbs ( 40 oz jar plus 1 cup)

Instant oatmeal - 18 cups ( 42 oz can plus 18 oz can)

Chocolate chips - 1 lb 

M&Ms- 1 lb

Instructions

You need a very large bowl to mix these 

1. Use a electric hand mixer to cream eggs, brown sugar , white sugar, syrup, baking soda and butter ( in that order add one thing at a time )

 2. Slow down the speed and add peanut butter and mix 

3. Turn off the mixer 

4 . Add oatmeal and chocolate chips and mix by hand

5. Dust hands with flour ( to prevent sticking)  and roll the dough into small walnut sized balls

6. Take a ball and place on a flat surface and press down to make a flat cookie 

7. Press with a fork and then press down 3 to 4 M&Ms on top 

8. Bake at 350 F for 12 minutes 

Monster Cookies are now ready !!!