Gourmet Magazines Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Food

EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. , Shape level tablespoonfuls into balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten with a fork. Bake at 350° for 16-18 minutes or until set. Cool for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks.

SUPER-EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients with large spoon until well blended.
• Roll into 24 balls; place, 4 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten with fork.
• Bake 20 min. or until lightly browned. (Do not overbake.)
• Cool 5 min. on baking sheets; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.

EASY FLOURLESS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together peanut butter and sugar.
• Beat in remaining ingredients.
• Shape into quarter-sized balls. Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten with fork. (They spread.)
• Bake 10-11 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Cool 2 minutes before removing to cooling racks.
• Option: stir in 1/2 cup finely crushed unsalted peanuts to dough before baking. Makes 4 dozen.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat together butter, peanut butter, and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in egg, then remaining ingredients until a dough forms.
• Arrange level tablespoons of dough 1 1/2 inches apart on 2 buttered baking sheets, then flatten in a crosshatch pattern to a 2 1/2-inch round with fork tines.
• Bake in middle of oven until slightly puffed, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheets 1 minute, then transfer cookies to a rack.

OLD-FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream shortening, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork or meat mallet if desired. Bake 10-15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
• Mix until well combined.
• Form into 1" balls.
• Flatten balls with a fork.
• Bake at 350 until golden brown.
• (To make more than 1 run of cookies just double the recipe).

QUICK EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients until they come together to make dough.
• Take a small amount in your hand and mold into a ball.
• Place on cookie sheet about an inch apart (they do not spread much).
• Take a fork and press criss-cross pattern on each cookie.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Allow to cool on sheet for a few minutes before transferring to cooling rack to cool completely.
• Cookies will be soft.

GOURMET MAGAZINE'S EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter and sugar until well combined.
• In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg, then beat it into the peanut butter mixture along with the soda and salt until well combined.
• Roll 1-inch balls of dough and arrange them on greased cookie sheets.
• With a fork, flatten and make a crosshatch pattern.
• Bake until puffed and golden, about 13 minutes.
• Let rest on baking sheet a minute or so before removing.