Peanut Butter Cookies

I was scrambling through my fridge a couple of days ago and noticed that I have a container of unopened peanut butter in addition to soy butter. A constant dilemma we face is attempting to finish our food before it goes bad. Most of the time it’s the milk. When I first moved in with Dh, we purchased milk by the gallon and it would go sour. Since then, I have learned my lesson and purchased milk by the quart instead. When I go grocery shopping, I make it a point to purchase items that expire as far as advanced as possible prior to it expiring. However, we still have difficulty since Henry rarely drinks milk unless I use it for cooking. Otherwise, I would have to finish it myself. So to stick to the topic, I will be making peanut butter cookies from a recipe I found online. This will be my attempt to finish some things in our fridge and make space for others. Stay posted for the recipe and my reviews. It looks like a fairly simple recipe.


Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Kisses Cookies

*RECIPE:

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt


Whisk the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy. Mix in the peanut butter and egg. In another bowl mix together the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.) Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar butter mixture and mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined and the dough forms a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Preheat oven to 375°F. Seperate the dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork. Bake until light brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for a minute then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

For chewier cookies, bake at 300°F for 15-18 minutes.Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

SIDE NOTE: For the Hershey's kisses version, add kisses 10 minutes after the cookies begin to bake and then remove them from the oven and press the kisses into the center of the cookie. Next put the cookies back in the over for another 5 minutes. Remove immediately after, as the chocolate will start to burn. Place cookies on cookie rack to cool down.

ENJOY!

*adapted from an online blog