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DRUNKEN EAGLES aka PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP RAISIN COOKIES

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 LARGE eggs
1 cup JIF or SKIPPY creamy peanut butter
6 teaspoons PURE vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups old fashioned oats
2 cups QUALITY semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup spiced rum
1 cup golden raisins

Up to 48 hours before you plan to make the cookies pour rum over raisins, cover and let raisins absorb the rum.

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Drain any remaining rum off raisins.
• Cream together the butter and both sugars until smooth.
• Add eggs, peanut butter and vanilla, mixing again until smooth.
• Sift in flour, baking powder and salt.
• Mix in old fashioned oats and chocolate chips until well blended.
• Fold in raisins.
• Using a large scoop arrange cookies on cookie sheets. (Cookies will not flatten very much.)
• Bake 11-15 minutes until edges are golden.
• Allow cookies to rest 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes.

NOTE: I make a gluten-free version substituting almond flour 1:1 and gluten-free oats 1:1 that is actually tastier to me 😀