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Peanut butter cookies

I used to bake these with peanut butter bought in stores - not bad, fat and sugar full peanut butter, but not homemade either. This time, I had a jar made a few weeks before. I had made a slightly rough peanut butter, far from creamy and smooth, and until these cookies I was doubtful. Nevermore. It was great.

Ingredients

  • 125g crunchy peanut butter with bits
  • 30g softened butter
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 150g flour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • Optional: Marshmallows, peanuts, hand-chopped smurfs.

Categories: Salty treats, Treats

Instructions

Mix the egg with the sugar. Only stop when it hurts, and if you are weak, then please go on until you cry like a little girl. Add in the butters (funny, eh, butters?) and mix roughly.

Add the flour, and try to continue mixing with a spoon for a while. Finish it with your hands. Now, the dough is ready, and you might want to be a bit creative. For these, I sandwiched a slice of marshmallow between two discs of dough, resulting in a layer of chewyness once baked. You can also put peanuts or peanut bits on top of each cookie. Do whatever you want, damn you.

Just flatten small balls (or squares) of the dough on a non-stick baking tray using a fork (it looks better, this is an universally known fact), and throw it all in a pre-heaten oven at 180°C for 20 minutes. Turn the oven down, leaving the cookies inside for 5 to ten minutes. Let it cool, serve, eat, enjoy.

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Best served with:

Just go with a nice glass of milk and it'll be just fine.

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  • http://laurawire.wordpress.com laurawire

    “leaving the cookies inside for 5 to ten minutes.”

    Ahh, ALN house style, you shall never leave us

  • http://sugarfirst.wordpress.com Cooking Maiar

    Not to mention the classic ALN typos.