Best Ever Peanut Butter Cookies
1 ¼ cups of
all purpose flour
½ teaspoon
Baking Powder
½ teaspoon
Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon
salt
¼ cup
softened butter or margarine
4 oz cream
cheese, softened
½ granulated
white sugar
½ brown
sugar, lightly packed
1 large egg
1 teaspoon
vanilla
1 cup peanut
butter (either smooth or crunchy, your choice)
½ cup
finely chopped peanuts
Mix butter
(margarine), cream cheese & sugars together, add the egg & vanilla,
mix, then add the peanut butter. Mix
until well blended & smooth. Add
flour, BP, BS, salt, chopped peanuts, mix until blended.
Make
rounded teaspoon scoops on a prepared baking sheet, flatten each cookie with
the cross hatch form pattern (traditional pattern). OPTION, when using the fork flatten you can
dip into granulated white sugar for added sparkle). Bake 15 minutes at 350 (watch closely as each
oven is different). Makes about 36-40
cookies.
· NOTE: I
used light cream cheese, old fashion
brown sugar & Mr Man has suggested honey roasted chopped peanuts next time
I make the recipe.
Yummy! I use a recipe from Deb (Paper Turtle blog) - how many years ago is that?
ReplyDeleteI think I may have that recipe ... I must go look because according to Mr Man, you can never have enough Peanut Butter cookies on hand.
DeleteI like peanut butter cookies, and I admire your willingness to break with tradition and try a new recipe. It sounds like you've found a keeper :)
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to broaden my Christmas cookie base, Mr Man requested I not make two of my usual as he's not that keen, so I said what kind do you want? Shortbread & Peanut Butter were his requests. Which is probably best I'm not making the others as I like them too much & do not need to have on hand.
DeleteThey look so tasty. Thanks for the recipe.
ReplyDeleteIf you make, let me know what your cookie tasters think of it. :)
DeleteI don't have a particularly great peanut butter cookie recipe. I'll give this one a try! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think it's the cream cheese that gives a richness to the cookie. I'm going on the say so of my cookie tester, that this is the best. I'm still looking for a good Oatmeal cookie base.
DeleteThey look delicious ... We don't much in the way of cookies here, but I am going to give this a go and substitute gluten-free flour, and will let you know!
ReplyDeleteYes I would be very interested in knowing how they turn out with gluten free flour. Christmas is usually the only time I bake cookies because I enjoy them far too much.
DeleteI printed this off to try - sounds wonderful - and I may take the suggestions of honey roasted peanuts.
ReplyDeleteOh do let me know how yours turn out.
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