Ok, while I love peanut butter, and I can be a fan of cookies, I haven't always loved PB cookies. That said, this weekend I developed a hankering for something sweet and I had the ingredients for PB cookies. To my delight, they were wonderful!! Below is the recipe, which is a bit of a mash up of two I found online, so it's 'one of a kind' if you will.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c (1 stick) butter, softened - this can be vegan butter if preferred
- 1/2 c PB, also softened (e.g. if you put your PB in the fridge, either let it sit out or see instructions below for how to war it up)
- 1/2 c brown sugar
- 1/4 c sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 Tbsp milk (I use unsweetened oat milk)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/3 c flour (I use a gluten free flour blend that can go cup-for-cup with regular flour)
For topping, you may decide to sprinkle sugar and/or coarse sea salt. Totally up to your preference.
Instructions
- Mix butter and PB together (if not softened, heat in microwave for 30 sec so soft but not melted)
- add in sugars
- mix in vanilla and milk until well blended
- add remaining dry ingredients
- Move dough to wax paper and roll tightly. I recommend rolling into a log now as opposed to trying to form cookies later.
- Place dough in wax paper in fridge for 4-24 hours (depending on the time you have). This helps make the cookies chewier
- When ready, remove dough from freezer and cut into the size cookies you desire (I recommend 1/2 inch thick cookies)
- Place cookies on wax paper'd cookie sheet. If you like to put the fork marks, add now
- If you wish to top your cookies with salt or sugar, add now
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Bake for 8-10 min
- Remove and let cool. Store in container once fully cooled
Enjoy!!
