{"id":2675,"date":"2013-10-21T17:25:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2013-10-21T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:25:18","slug":"peanut-butter-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/10\/peanut-butter-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Peanut Butter Cookies Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This past weekend I made peanut butter cookies. In part because I had a jar of peanut butter that needed to be finished off ASAP. It was “natural” peanut butter that had separated during our move to Colorado and didn’t look so hot. I figured mixed into the cookie dough well enough it’d be fine.<\/p>\n

The recipe I have for peanut butter cookies is adapted from a basic recipe I saw on the All Recipes website<\/a>. It’s\u00a0very<\/em> basic. However, I added in some techniques that makes them almost melt-in-your-mouth! I was very pleased that this recipe worked at my home’s higher altitude also.<\/p>\n

It’s science, my friends! See below in the instructions.<\/p>\n

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Peanut Butter Cookies that Melt in Your Mouth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1 cup unsalted butter (you may use salted, but then you should halve the salt)<\/p>\n

1 cup white sugar<\/p>\n

1 cup packed brown sugar<\/p>\n

1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy, it’s good either way)<\/p>\n

2 eggs<\/p>\n

2 1\/2 cups flour<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon baking powder<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 teaspoons baking soda<\/p>\n

Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.<\/p>\n

Using the whisk attachment on a stand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, and both sugars. DO NOT SKIMP on this step. You want to beat this for 5-7 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy. Walk away for a few minutes, catch up on your mail…fold the laundry.<\/p>\n

Stop the mixer every once in a while to scrape down the sides of the bowl.<\/p>\n

You are incorporating air bubbles into the mixture which helps give the cookie dough a lighter texture when baking.<\/p>\n

With the mixer still running, add the eggs, one at a time. Beat mixture until it lightens in color, another 1-2 minutes.<\/p>\n

Stop using the mixer now! You will now want a large spoon or spatula to slowly mix the dry ingredients into the butter\/sugar\/egg mixture. Stir until all the dry ingredients are incorporated.<\/p>\n

Cover with plastic wrap and chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.<\/p>\n

Roll the dough into 1 – 1 1\/2″ balls and place at least 2″ apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Using a fork dusted in flour, make the ubiquitous waffle-like fork-tines pattern on the ball of cookie dough, flattening it just a little.<\/p>\n

Bake in a 375F oven for 10 minutes. Do not overcook.<\/p>\n

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As much as I love the texture of this cookie, I’m still trying to tweak the recipe to bring out more peanut butter flavor. This past weekend’s recipe had dark brown sugar and I think it subdued the peanutty flavor some. Also, this peanut butter was sort of old, dating from this past spring.<\/p>\n

I would like to try this recipe with light brown sugar and fresh-made peanut butter. I might be doing that as soon as this weekend, Dave requested peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and I have a bag of Wilbur<\/a> chocolate chips for him!<\/p>\n

What’s your favorite peanut butter cookie recipe! Share it with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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