So I had an uncontrollable sweet tooth craving tonight, so I decided it would be absolutely appropriate at 9pm to make some cookies. I didn't have enough chocolate chips to make those kind of cookies, so I went with my other classic, peanut butter. And they were delicious. Here is the recipe I used, from allrecipes.com, with an addition by me.:
Peanut Butter Cookies:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar, set aside in small bowl
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla and peanut butter. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Roll dough into walnut sized balls, and roll the balls in the bowl of sugar that was set aside, so that the entire ball is lightly coated. Place onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and press down slightly with a fork.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 30 cookies.
I let the first pan bake a little long so as you can see in the picture, a few cookies got a little overcooked, but they were fine. Don't forget to push down slightly with a fork too, this helps the cookie bake evenly. I forgot to do this on the second pan and didn't realize it until they we're almost done, but they still turned out pretty well once I fixed them.
Aside from the recipe, I'm aware that I haven't been updating lately, and I make no promises about when I'll post again. This blog is mainly just an outlet for me. There's probably a fairly introspective post coming soon about my first semester in grad school, but not sure when that will get done. Until then, thanks for reading, and I hope your day is awesome!
PS, I posted this using Picasa, a photo editing tool that I know a lot of people use but I just discovered it this weekend, and I have to say it awesome. Try it out if you have a chance to manage your photos, its free, and the face recognition abilities are the best I've seen out of any photo managing software.
