Cookbook:Peanut Butter Cookies

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Many people love cookies. Eating a warm cookie hot from the oven is quite popular to many people, especially dunking them in a cold glass of milk. The following will explain a simple method of making the popular cookie many love, peanut butter cookies.

Ingredients

Peanut butter cookies from the alternate recipe, made with chunky peanut butter.

Dry Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup of flour
• 3/4 teaspoon of soda
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt

Other Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup of peanut butter
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Procedure

1. Start by preheating oven to 375° F.
2. Cream together sugars, melted butter, egg, and vanilla until creamy and smooth. If you're low on brown sugar, seek tip section below.
3. Combine flour, salt, and soda in the mixture from step 2.
4. After mixture is complete, flat small pieces into cookie shapes and place on ungreased cooking pan at least a minimum 2 inches apart.
5. Place in oven for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
6. Pull out of oven and allow to cool.

Notes, tips and variations

• If low on brown sugar, combine white sugar and 1 tablespoon of molasses together.
• To give a sparkly look, dip cookie in step 4 on a small saucer sprinkled with sugar.
• Smooth peanut butter works much better than chunky.

Alternate Recipe

In the process of being flattened by fork.

This recipe has no egg or baking soda, and uses vegetable oil instead of butter / margerine; it adds honey.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 c honey
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 c brown sugar (or white sugar and molasses, as above)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour (other flours likely work fine; normal ww flour does)

Procedure:

1. Cream all ingredients except flour together
2. Add flour and mix sparingly (should be dry enough to form into balls by hand without sticking)
3. Form into walnut-sized balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet
4. Flatten with fork
5. Bake at 375º F for about 8-10 minutes.

A double recipe makes about seventy 1 1/2" cookies.