These one bowl vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies are outrageously delicious: slightly crispy around the edges, soft on the inside, and perfect for dunking into a glass of almond milk!

a hand holding one of the vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies after dunking it into a glass of almond milk.

Yes, I know. There are thousands of vegan peanut butter cookie recipes out in the blogosphere. But hear me out on this one: I do believe with all of my heart that my veganized version of my dear great grandmother Agnes’ famous “Pea Oaties” is one of the best. What makes these vegan one bowl peanut butter oatmeal cookies so good? They’re:

Crisp around the edges and perfectly soft on the inside
Tender and chewy
Bursting with peanut butter
Made for dunking into a glass of almond milk
Easy to throw together at a moment’s notice
Made with normal, everyday ingredients, most of which you already have in your pantry.

a close up shot of a stack of vegan peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with a glass of almond milk in the background.

Yes, these cookies are sweetened with a combination of cane sugar and brown sugar- a departure from my usual preference for less refined sweeteners like maple syrup, dates, and coconut sugar, but so essential for making a perfectly chewy cookie, in my opinion. I’ve made lots of cookies with coconut sugar, but I find brown sugar and cane sugar work better. There’s a place for all foods, and when it comes to making perfect cookies, I’m going to opt for the ingredient that yields the most delicious result. I think you should, too. 🙂

As far as vegan butter goes, I always recommend Miyokos brand cultured vegan butter. It’s palm oil-free and made with coconut oil and cashews. I buy it at Loblaws in Ontario. If you can’t find Miyokos vegan butter where you live, use refined (deodorized) organic coconut oil instead.

I added chocolate chips to half of the cookie dough since I was making these cookies with my mom in mind, and goodness knows how much we both love chocolate! If you’re not a chocolate fan, feel free to omit the chocolate chips entirely. You can add anywhere from ½ cup to 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips to the entire cookie dough, depending on how chocolatey you like your cookies.

how to make one bowl vegan peanut butter cookies

Make a flax egg and set aside to gel. In a large bowl, beat together the vegan butter and peanut butter.

Add the sugars, flax egg, and vanilla, and mix until incorporated.

a box of Miyokos vegan cultured butter on a grey countertop

vegan butter and peanut butter in a stainless steel bowl after being beaten with an electric mixer.

the beaten butter and peanut butter in a bowl with brown sugar, white sugar, and the flax egg.

Add the dry ingredients one by one, mixing after each addition. Add the chocolate chips, if using.

Form the dough into 20-24 balls and divide between 2 parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Flatten the balls in a cross-hatch pattern with a fork.

vegan peanut butter cookie dough balls on a baking sheet

vegan peanut butter cookies before going into the oven, showing a cross hatch pattern on top

Bake for 10-12 minutes, then let the baked cookies cool on the sheets for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack.

the baked vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies fresh out of the oven on a beige backdrop

Get your glass of almond milk ready for dunking.

a stack of four vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies on a crumpled sheet of parchment paper with a glass of almond milk in the background.

a hand holding a vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookie about to be dunked in the glass of almond milk

a hand dunking one of the cookies into a glass of almond milk- an action shot.

the cookie right after being dunked into the almond milk, with a drop of almond milk dripping off of the cookie

more vegan cookie recipes

If you enjoy these vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies, you might also like these vegan cookie recipes:

I hope that these one bowl vegan peanut butter cookies become a staple in your household, just as they have in mine! If you make them, leave a comment and rating below, and tag @upbeet.kitchen and #upbeetkitchen on Instagram, too!

Enjoy!