bake 52: peanut butter cookies

Yum!!  LOVE peanut butter cookies.  I was excited to try this one, and interested to see just how good this cookie recipe was.  Course, when I saw that it called for 1 cup... yup, 1 (WHOLE) cup of peanut butter, I was pretty sure that it would be fabulous.  It was.

Pretty much a normal cookie recipe... mix dry ingredients and set aside.  Cream the butter and sugar.  Adding peanut butter, vanilla and eggs.

Then add the dry ingredients.

The recipe then says to roll the dough into balls, but I was feeling lazy so I just used my great cookie scoop, and plopped them right on the cookie sheet, and then proceeded to make the crosshatch pattern with a fork, the signature look of a peanut butter cookie.  Wonder who came up with that?

Bake.  Cool.  Eat.  And then eat another one.  And another one.  And another one.  But, that wasn't me.  I didn't eat that many.  Maybe that was one of the kids?

Anyway.  Super  GREAT recipe.  It'll be my go-to for sure.  Go here, for the complete recipe.  See if you can eat just one!

pb cookies

Last night I made some peanut butter cookies for the kids to take to school in their lunhces. Reminds me of my school days, homemade cookies for dessert and after school snacks. It's such a yummy recipe, thought I'd share...

Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Beat well:
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter
3 Tbls milk
1 Tbls vanilla

1 egg
Add agg till just blended.

Combine and add on low speed till just blended:
1 3/4 cup sifted flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Scoop cookie dough into mini muffin cups, filling about 3/4ths full. Bake for 7-8 minutes. Don't over-bake. When out of the oven, press a peanut butter cup into each cookie. Let cool at least 2 minutes in pan, and then remove to a wire rack to cool the rest of the way.
Enjoy!