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National Oatmeal Cookie Day, April 30, gives you an excuse to bake cookies with oatmeal, including jumbo recipes like Monster Cookies and others featured below. Have fun!

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Feature: Make Monster Cookies for National Oatmeal Day, Perfect for Picnics, Too!

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And even better: this is a gluten-free cookie recipe!

The cookies are baked by dropping or pushing huge measuring cupfuls of cookie dough onto the baking sheet … hence the nickname “Monster.”

Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Bake time: 14-18 minutes
Makes about 3-4 dozen very large cookies

Get the complete Monster Cookies along with some cookie baking tips from The Elf. Plus be sure to check out The Elf’s Jumbo Cookies Pinterest board to get ideas for baking other oversized cookies.

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See more helpful cookie baking tips on The Elf’s Baking Tips Pinterest Board .

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Happy baking,

Kathy, The Cookie Elf
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