Today is National Peanut
Butter Cookie Day!! That’s such a delicious idea, that I couldn’t resist
plumbing the depths of the Archives for peanut butter-based cookie and bar
recipes, and getting excited about them all over again.
My favorite basic peanut
butter cookie recipe is from The Complete Book of Baking by Pillsbury. You know what I mean by “basic peanut butter
cookie,” don’t you? The ones with a simple, firm dough that you roll into
balls, and then mark with a cross-hatch made with a fork. This is almost as
common/popular/well-known as the Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie. If you bake
ever, you probably have a similar recipe at your fingertips.
My favorite peanut butter
cookie recipe of them all (so far, anyway) is the Peanut Butter Cookies with Peanut Butter Cups recipe in the Archives from way back in January 2013. (Yes,
I eat peanut butter cookies in January when everybody else is cleansing.)
This cookie recipe is
wonderful, even before you gild it with a bunch of chopped peanut butter cups. It’s
so good, that you could probably leave out the peanut butter cups. I’d replace
them before I left them out entirely, however, with something like chocolate
chunks or chips, or peanut butter chips, or honey roasted peanuts.
The gluten free option, Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies, are also totally fabulous. They’re very
easy to throw together, and are at least as satisfying as anything made with
flour.
The recipe makes a small
batch, so that, along with their ease and speed of preparation, makes them
perfect for quick craving quenching.
These Peanut Butter and Banana Breakfast Cookies are sort of a soft cross between a cookie and a
muffin. They’ve got a few extra healthy ingredients, like bananas, whole wheat
flour and wheat germ, oatmeal, and raisins, that help them answer the nagging
question, “Why can’t I have cookies for breakfast?”
The cookie sheets can’t be
allowed to have all the fun on National Cookie Day. Not when a baking pan can
contribute just as well. Peanut Butter Butterfinger Blondies are a delicious
contribution to any celebration and deserve a spot here. These are made from a
peanut butter infused blondie batter with chopped Butterfinger candy bars sprinkled
on top before baking. You could replace those candies with something else, like
peanut butter cups, if you prefer.
Also in the bar category is
this recipe for Peanut Butter and Chocolate Revel Bars. These are a rich and
decadent treat, a peanut butter cookie bottom and topping sandwiching a silky
chocolate layer.
Let me give a shout out
today, too, to these Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Energy Bars. They may not
qualify as a cookie, but they fill the role of hand-held snack and they
certainly do come with their fair share of peanut butter. More like a granola
bar, they’re pretty darn satisfying, filling and delicious at once. If you just
can’t allow yourself the extravagance of cookies, energy bars may be the way to
go.
Because you’ve got to
celebrate National Cookie Day somehow. Even if it’s tomorrow...or some other
day. It’s always a good day for peanut butter cookies!
Other good peanut butter
treats: Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting, Peanut Butter Muffins,
Peanut Butter Granola, Peanut Butter Ice Cream
One year ago: Bean Salad with Mole Vinaigrette
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