Peanut Butter Cookies

the_other_mce

Hi,
Does anyone have any good (easy) recipes for peanut butter cookies - I had a great one but have lost the recipe. :mad: It was really simple - measure ingredients into a plastic bag, mix it up and splat on baking tray. Perfect, quick, easy, no washing up(!) and the kids could make them too. If anyone could suggest anything similar I would be eternally grateful.
Thanks in advance......

Skint1

Hi Mrs Skint here
This isn't quite that simple--but it's just one mixing bowl and it keeps my kids busy. And you get lots of cookies.

BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

8OZ/250G smooth peanut butter
40z/125g dark brown sugar
4oz/125g white sugar
4oz/125g butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
6oz/175g plain flour, sifted
1 tsp vanilla essence

Cream butter and sugars together. Beat in egg, peanut butter, and soda. Blend in flour and lastly the vanilla.

Now the fun part for small boys. roll the dough into golf ball sized balls, and place on prepared baking trays--I always go for baking paper--leaving plenty of space between for spreading. Take a fork and cross-hatch the dough balls, flattening slightly.

Bake at 180C/350F/Gasmark4 for about 8-10 min until slightly brown at edges.
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Depending on how much raw dough the kids eat during the ball rolling part, you should get 3-4 dozen.

Raksha

This is my favourite:

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

24-30 cookies

Bake at around 175 degrees for 12 mins for chewy cookies, 15 mins for crispy ones.

Enjoy!

mandy_moo_1

Raksha wrote:

This is my favourite:

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

24-30 cookies

Bake at around 175 degrees for 12 mins for chewy cookies, 15 mins for crispy ones.

Enjoy!

Doesn't this one need any flour?

Nicki

I've just made Skint1's cookies and they are seriously yum! Thanks for the recipie.

Bargain_Rzl

Skint1 - am assuming flour is plain?

Skint1

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

Skint1 - am assuming flour is plain?

Yes it is
Sorry :doh:

G-G_4

I want to make some cookies.. got some peanut butter left over from making satay sauce so I thought I would make peanut butter cookies.

I don't want to spend any money though, i've got:

Self raising & plain flour
Sugar - white and brown
Peanut Butter
Butter
Eggs
Oil
Baking Powder (is this different to baking soda?)

I've looked on the internet but they all seem to want baking soda?

Help! :rotfl:

memorygirl

Heres a favourite reipe of ours that uses SR flour instead if baking powder.


Recipe makes 18 but they must be massive ones !! Or use walnut sized balls for smaller kiddy friendly sized ones - LOL


85g crunchy peanut butter
175 g soft butter
175g soft brown sugar
300g SR flour
3tbsp milk
85g roasted peanuts (2/3rds chopped)
175g plain choc roughly chopped

oven 160 fan/180 normal/gas 4

Line 2 large baking sheets

Beat peanut butter, butter and sugar til light and fluffy

Stir in flour and milk then chopped nuts and choc. Bring it tog. to make a dough (hands is best) divide into 18 (I use a dessert spoonful)

Roll each piece into a ball, and place well apart on baking sheets to allow for spreading.

Flatten each one a little and sprinkle with the remaining nuts (I usually just chop the whole lot and bung in all at once)

Bake 12 - 15 mins until pale golden around the edges but still soft in centre.

Cool 5 mins then transfer to a wire rack.


Storing raw cookie dough

In the fridge - it will keep in a plastic container or bag for a week

In the freezer - shape the cookies and freeze on baking sheets until hard then pack into a freezer container separating them with cling film. They will keep for 3 months.

To bake from frozen - return cookies to a lined tray and thaw 1 hour then bake as before.

Memorygirl

Nomio_2

Hi there,

My principle for biscuits is always the same in the following proportions:
3 flour (or flour and some oats)
2 fat (butter, just peant butter or a combination of both, or in your case maybe a wee splosh of oil as well as peanut butter)
1 sugar (whatever you've got, brown or castor or whatever)

The 1,2 & 3 can be oz or gramms, whatever you've got. You can also add chopped nuts, raisons or choc. If you're feeling a bit posh mix in an egg but I don't really bother. Just use whatever you've got.

Add a splash of milk to make it stick and bobs your uncle!!!

This is my staple biscuit mix as hubby won't eat fat just peanut butter :Aand I sometimes use nearly all oats. See what you think!

Nomio_2

Oh, and just mix it all up, squish into lumps on some sort on a tray and bake til brown a a mediumish heat. Specific I know!!!