3-Ingredient No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies.They also keep well in the freezer for when sweet cravings strike! More Cookie Recipes These would make the perfect treat to have on hand throughout the week. That means cookies that are ready in like 20 minutes!įaster cookies = better cookies. This batter comes together in less than 10 minutes. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough on prepared baking dish and let rest until cooled and set, about 50 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in oats, peanut butter, and vanilla extract until dough is evenly mixed. Throw in some chocolate chips and you’re good to go! No chilling required! Bring sugar, milk, margarine, and cocoa powder to a boil in a large saucepan for 1 1/2 minutes. Then add wet ingredients: peanut butter, egg, vanilla. Simply stir dry ingredients: brown sugar, gluten-free flour, rolled oats, salt, and baking powder. But this simple, unfussy, 1-bowl technique is perfection! The problem with our previous attempts was adding fat in addition to the peanut butter, or adding too many dry ingredients, or too many wet ingredients. Man they were dangerous.Thanks to a little inspo from the talented Liz Moody, we finally got the perfect base formula right, and it’s butter- and oil-free! My friend Lindsay said I had to try these cookies. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop cookies onto a greased cookie sheet. Place dough in the refrigerator to chill for at least 10 minutes. I don’t even want to know what these double chocolate cookies would do to my mom. In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix well. And what could of been major mother-in-law red flags didn’t deter him from continuing our relationship. Ingredients 1 cup of All Purpose Flour tsp of Baking Soda tsp of Salt cup of Unsalted Butter at room temperature cup of Granulated Sugar cup. Luckily, my husband only recollects some muffled voices and scuffles over the phone. And since then, she only does chocolate in minimal amounts because of its crazy effect on her.

To this day, I still can’t believe my mom did that. I’m telling you…chocolate does weird things to people. Stir together 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, shortening and egg. Picture me banging on the door in horror as my mother professes my love for my future husband over the phone. I started chasing her around the room and finally into the bathroom where she locked herself in. She continued to call John insisting that she was going to tell him that I loved him if I didn’t do it myself. I shrugged it off and next thing I knew my mom had the phone in her hand and was calling John. She started getting really giddy and hyper and said,” You have to tell John how you feel. My mom at this point had eaten about a pound of chocolate ( wonder where I got it) from her stocking. Someone gave me a Britney Spears CD which my mom promptly took her black Sharpie to, modifying Britney’s outfit to be more modest. We were all listening to the CD in my room and one of the songs that came on was “ Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know“. Add in the egg, and vanilla extract and stir until. 2 Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. For the Peanut Butter Cookie Dough: Cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugars in a large bowl. In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Make sure the only things listed in the ingredient list in your jar of peanut butter are peanuts and salt because some brands of peanut butter will label their peanut butter natural-style but it still contains added oils. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir until combined. Peanut Butter Dates Cocoa Powder Peanut Butter: This recipe is made with unsweetened natural creamy peanut butter. It was Christmas and we were both home from college spending it with our families. Combine butter, peanut butter, and sugars in a large mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until light and fluffy. Make the dough: Cream the butter and sugars together, add the egg and vanilla extract, then mix in the peanut butter. I knew I loved him but I was absolutely NOT going to tell him without knowing that it would be reciprocated. We both had feelings for each other but neither one of us were willing to show our hand. STEP ELEVEN: Roll the balls of dough in the cup of reserved sugar until each ball is completely covered. I had been dating John, now my husband, for about six months.We were at that awkward defining stage where it either was going to get more serious or it was time to call it quits. STEP TEN: Using either a small cookie dough scoop or a tablespoon, scoop out the dough and shape it into 1 to 1-inch cookie dough balls. Let me preface this story by saying that my mom is the sweetest saint of a person you’ll ever meet and her behavior in this story was completely out of character. But some people, like my mom, get a little crazy on it. For me, chocolate makes me happy and relaxes me. Valentine’s Day has me thinking about love and chocolate.

Chocolate peanut butter cookies