Thursday, September 30, 2010

Peanut Butter Cookies

Every now and then I bake cookies. Cookies and coffee is breakfast, so it makes sense to bake them often. And when I don’t bake them some people at home go hungry for breakfast. (It’s just me and my husband at home). This week is different; we have plenty of peanut-butter cookies to fill our tummies every morning. There is this certain book, which inspired these cookies. Read on for more.

Peanut-Butter Cookies

I got it from the library last weekend and it is on Swedish cakes and cookies. Beginning with the jacket, the book is delicious. The red and white checkered- jacket opens to reveal pastries, twists, turns (in the name of Danish) and more. I drool over the pages and find a lot of satisfaction just to sit on my couch, on dreary mornings, lusting over cookies. The book is Swedish Cakes and Cookies, published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc. in case you want to take a look at it yourself.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
Butter: 3/4 cup softened
Confectioners Sugar - 3/4 cup (I find this sugar less sweet compared to powdered sugar, you may use either)
Peanut Butter - 2/3 cup
Egg Yolk - 1 (I threw the white down the drain, you could make a egg white omelet in case you were wondering what to do with. Sorry, for butting in, this is becoming a habit.. do you thing :))
All-purpose Flour - 1 2/3 cups

Peanut-Butter Cookies

Method
1. Beat the butter and sugar with a fork until fluffy
2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix together with the fork to make a coarse dough
3. Use a pastry bag without any stencil/nib press out long strips on to the cookie sheet and bake in a 400 D F preheated oven for 8 minutes

P.S: If you like crochet you can visit my blog here to see some pictures

Changes Made from previous recipe to avoid blender to make the dough so as to get the ridges on the cookies

Contributor: Sunitha
Posted by at 10:42 AM
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40 comments:

  1. Sayantani Mahapatra MudiSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    thats a nice texture and nice method of shaping cookies. I also bake cookies very often as now that I have stopped buying biscuits. and am bored of those usual shapes ...gonna try this soon.

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  2. Shabitha KarthikeyanSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Cute cookies with a different shape. Truly a keeper recipe !!

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  3. CatherineSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    Oooh how wonderful delicious! Lovely!

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  4. divyaSeptember 30, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    this dish looks so tasty...

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  5. Foodie AnnSeptember 30, 2010 at 12:08 PM

    they looks so good...:)

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  6. kitchen queenSeptember 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM

    delicious mouth watering cookies.

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  7. AnnSeptember 30, 2010 at 12:34 PM

    That is a cute and different shape, very novel.
    Completely irrelvant, but one of the contestants on Top Chef -Just Desserts (I am a rabid fan) got sent home on the last episode for making "just plain" peanut butter cookies. She should have used this post and jazzed them up appearance wise like you did :-)

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    I love the shape and desgin.Look super yummy

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  9. Suja ManojSeptember 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    Cute cookies..love the shape and design..yummy

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  10. PadmaSeptember 30, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Loved the shape of the cookies... very beautiful Sunitha.

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  11. SwathiSeptember 30, 2010 at 2:01 PM

    Sunitha,

    Lovely shaped cookies. Nice

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  12. SatyaSeptember 30, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    wow cookies looks awesome ..still not cleared how u got the shape :(

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  13. My Kitchen AnticsSeptember 30, 2010 at 2:56 PM

    Tht first pic is awesome...and that design you made on top of the biscuits, how did u get that?

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  14. aipiSeptember 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Very interesting design n shape..they look super cute n melt in mouth kind..yum!

    US Masala

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  15. SujiSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:05 PM

    Awesome cookies with a different shape..Good one Sunitha...

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  16. KrishnaveniSeptember 30, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    interesting shape, love it

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  17. LorraineSeptember 30, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    I love peanut butter cookies. Yours sound delicious and came out beautiful. I am not sure I could get mine to look as good..lol That cookbook sounds very good. Thanks for the tip. I just recently got a cookbook from the library, and I love it so much that I do not want to bring it back, but I know I have too:)

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  18. TorviewtorontoSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    delicious cookies lovely shape

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  19. TorviewtorontoSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    delicious cookies lovely shape

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  20. VelvaSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    I like the shape of these peanut butter cookies. I eat bread and coffee each morning-I can easily change out for cookies and coffee.
    These cookies look delightful.

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  21. JoytiSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    Wow, those look really delicious. Nice photographs...and the cookies have a really interesting shape.

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  22. Love2cook MalaysiaSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    I liked the shapes...simple recipe! Thanks for sharing...;)

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  23. NithaSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    I love the shapes.. SHall try out this way when I prepare cookies next time..

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  24. Sushma MallyaSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    Nice and different shape, looks very yum

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  25. Hamaree RasoiSeptember 30, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Love the shape of cookies...so beautiful...

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  26. Nandinis foodSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:05 PM

    Looks great. They're very inviting and nice.

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  27. 3 hungry tummiesSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:54 PM

    I would love some for my daily afternoon tea break!

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  28. notyet100October 1, 2010 at 12:17 AM

    cookies look so yum..

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  29. vialentinoOctober 1, 2010 at 12:47 AM

    lovely peanut butter cookies by u...

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  30. Priya SureshOctober 1, 2010 at 2:37 AM

    Awesome looking peanut butter cookies, feel like grabbing some..

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  31. Prathima RaoOctober 1, 2010 at 2:56 AM

    Love d shape texture n design!!

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  32. NammiOctober 1, 2010 at 3:57 AM

    yumm, peanut butter cookies , love the cylindrical shape:) have a nice weekend

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  33. JiboombaaOctober 1, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    Crisp and yum. Lovely cookies.

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  34. UnknownOctober 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    Lovely!!

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  35. SunithaOctober 1, 2010 at 8:44 AM

    Thanks you guys for stopping by and your valuable comments.

    About the shape of the cookies: Like I have mentioned in the recipe what I have done to get the shape:

    Using a pastry bag, without the nibs, I simply pressed out the dough which was coarse (not kneaded etc.) through the nozzle and let them be in long strips. My effort was only to make long narrow biscuits, the ridge was a bonus that came of the experiment.

    Thanks for asking.

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  36. AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM

    Hi Sunitha,
    Heartiest Congratulations on wining the Sept DMBLGT...your picture of capsicum filled with vegetable chowmein was very innovative indeed!

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  37. UnknownOctober 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    Wonderful cookies sunitha..Would like to try it sometimes.

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  38. RachanaOctober 3, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Love the beautiful shape of the cookies.

    Congrats on winning the Sept DMBGLIT.

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  39. UnknownOctober 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    loving ur first pic...and texture on the cookies is brilliant!

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  40. Green CleaningOctober 4, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    Beautiful cookies! I love the coffee in the background. I have a pot brewing right now, and I just wish I had one of these to dip in it. Cute way to make the shape of the too! Perfect for dunking.

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