Day 24 - Peanut Butter

So I made 4 different things today. I can't believe I was up for doing all that today. But I didn't want to fall further behind when I am so close to finishing. Max was pretty good today, he followed me around and just laid at my feet. It will be nice when he is comfortable with the house and stops nipping and chewing things. Until than we kind of have to follow him around everywhere. I felt bad for Rico because he has been a little ignored the last couple days. When my parents took Max for a wall, I spent awhile cuddled up with him till he went to sleep.

I thought for peanut butter I would do the first recipe I ever learnt. It was a hit the first day I made it and everyone still loves it. Peanut Butter Cookies. These aren't the hard little cookies you see on plates at dinner parties or on store shelves. These are soft, chewy cookies that last for days in a container. This is the original recipe of the peanut butter jar and hasn't changed for years.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Oven 350°F

2-1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup Peanut Butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, peanut butter and sugars in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition.

Drop tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets. Flatten each, in criss-cross pattern, with tines of fork.

Bake 8 to 10 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets 5 min.; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.

Blend the flour, baking powder, soda and salt together.

Whisk sugars, butter and peanut butter.

It should be fluffy and smooth.

Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Slowly add in flour mixture.

The cookie dough should be crumbly but stick together when pressed.

Rather than dropping 2 tablespoons, I make little balls with my hands.

Press the dough down with a fork.

Don't leave cookies on baking sheet for too long. They can over cook this way.

Here are the best peanut butter cookies.

Tips:

If you think you oven runs hotter or colder than what you set it for, do a baking test. For this recipe, you would put one cookie in the oven to cook so you can find out the baking time for your oven. Or get a thermometer you can hang in your oven and monitor to keep it the right temperature.



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Happy Baking,

Sey