Simplest Peanut Butter Cookies

"A recipe from Lee Zalben's mother - Zalben is the creator and owner of Peanut Butter & Co. The nutritional information is inaccurate, as it includes all the variations; the basic recipe is, per cookie: 139 cal, 9.8g fat, 118mg sodium, 10.2g carbs, 4.0g sugar, 4.1g protein. The recipe appeared on Serious Eats on 9 Dec 2009 at http://bit.ly/87lM6g"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
36
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a large bowl, break up the cookie dough. Mix in the peanut butter, trying not to overwork the dough, until well blended.
  • Form the dough into 1" balls, and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2" apart. Flatten each ball with the tines of a fork, pressing twice at right angles to form a cross-hatch.
  • Bake on the center rack of the oven 10-14 minutes, or until golden brown. Do not overbake.
  • Cool 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack until room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
  • Honey-Nut Fingers: use honey-flavored peanut butter. Form each cookie into a small log, about 3" long and 1/2" square. Top each log with peanuts before baking.
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Squares: Mix in chocolate chips with peanut butter. Roll dough to about 1/4" thickness on a lightly floured surface, and cut into squares.
  • Nutty Sugar & Spice Cookies: Mix pumpkin pie spice in with the peanut butter. Form into balls and flatten with the bottom of a drinking glass. Sprinkle with demerara sugar before baking.
  • Cherry-Berry Nutters: Add dried cranberries and dried cherries to dough. Form into small mounds before baking.

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I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013. After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
 
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