For some reason, I’ve been craving peanut butter cookies for a while. I wanted something that I can whip up in ten minutes while the kids were occupied in the play room and not fighting over Rapunzel. Success! I finished making the dough before I heard a peep from the girls.
I didn’t chill the dough and these turned out just fine. I normally ALWAYS chill the dough. I had these in the oven so quick that Thea came out of the play room asking, “Mama, what’s that smell?”
I made half rolled in sugar and put M&M’s on the other half because…. kids. Of course, Thea just picked all the M&M’s out as she ate the cookie and was done after there were no more M&M’s.
This is a great, solid recipe from Live Well Bake Often. These cookies are soft, hold together well, and light. I actually like them as is– no sugar or candy. They’re pretty sweet so you can omit rolling them in sugar if you want.
For all the peanut butter ingredients in this recipe, it wasn’t overwhelming at all coming from someone that’s not even a peanut butter cookie fan. That’s certainly a good thing. This also has 5 stars out of 44 reviews on Taste of Home, so you know something’s gotta be right.
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