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Making Peanut Butter Cookies Tips
- Opt for crunchy peanut butter over creamy as it will give the cookies added texture and taste.
- Remove the cookies promptly from the oven once they have baked. Additional oven time will lead to dry cookies.
- Rotate the cookie sheet halfway through the baking process to ensure even baking for all the cookies.
- Don't remove the cookies from the baking sheet until they have cooled for five minutes. Removing them too soon may cause them to lose their shape.
- For extra sweetness, top each cookie with a miniature peanut butter cup as soon as you remove the cookies from the oven.
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Introduction
- Few things taste better than homemade peanut butter cookies. With a creamy peanut butter taste in soft, oven-baked cookies, it's no wonder that these cookies are so popular with people of all ages. Thankfully, it's not too difficult to make peanut butter cookies from scratch.
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What You'll Need
- The ingredients listed will make a batch of about 25 cookies. For a larger batch, simply double the ingredient amounts used in the recipe.
- Ingredients
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowl
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Mixer
- Cookie sheets
- Fork
- Wire cooling rack
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Step 1: Preparation
- Before you begin mixing your peanut butter cookie dough, you'll need to do some prep work.
- Take refrigerated ingredients such as the butter and egg out of the refrigerator and allow them to cool to room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir the baking powder, baking soda and flour together in a medium bowl. Put these dry ingredients aside to be used later.
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Step 2: Combine Ingredients
- Now that you've done the preparation work, you're ready to mix the ingredients together.
- Cream the butter for two to three minutes.
- Combine the peanut butter, white sugar and brown sugar to the butter, and mix thoroughly using the mixer.
- Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients mixture of flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- Mix until these dry ingredients are completely stirred into the wet ingredients. The dough should be pale in color and have a light consistency.
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Step 3: Bake the Cookies
- Now that you've got the dough fully prepared, it's time to bake those cookies!
- Form the dough into one inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Make sure to space the dough balls evenly, allowing about two inches of space between them.
- Dip a fork in flour and press it gently into the top of each dough ball. Turn the fork a quarter-turn and again press it gently into the top of the cookie dough.
- This makes the traditional criss-cross shape associated with peanut butter cookies.
- Place the cookie sheets in the oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
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Variations
- If you'd like to get creative with your peanut butter cookies, there are several variations you can try.
- Instead of one cup of butter, use 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup shortening for chewier, thicker cookies.Baking911.com: Chocolate Chip
- For chocolate peanut butter cookies, add 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips to the recipe.
- Add 12 ounces of peanut butter chips for even more peanut butter flavor.
- For a nuttier flavor, add one cup of chopped pecans, almonds or walnuts to the dough.
- Add 2 cups of rolled oats to the recipe to make peanut butter oatmeal cookies.Publix.com: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies The oats add fiber to the cookies.The Food Channel: Top Ten Good Things About Oats
- For healthier cookies, substitute whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour.KitchenSaavy.com: Substituting Whole Wheat for White Flour
- You can also save calories by substituting margarine for butterOchef.com: How to Make Margarine Cookies and two eggs whites for one entire egg.FoodSubs.com: Eggs
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