My Favorite Cookie
April 13, 2008
In a previous post, I mentioned something about a peanut butter cookie recipe. Well, here is my most favorite recipe…EVER…for peanut butter cookies. This recipe is adapted from one my mom had scribbled on an index card in her recipe box. I don’t know the source, so let’s pretend it was passed down through the generations…although it probably wasn’t. Anyway, I call these Peanut Butter Babas (ummm…don’t ask me why, it’s a bit strange…). I never said cookies were supposed to be healthy…remember that! But, they are TASTY!
Peanut Butter Babas
1/2 cup vegan margarine (I use Earth Balance), softened
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup unrefined sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 egg replaced (whatever method makes you happy, although I have only ever tried plain soy yogurt and Ener’G Egg Replacer)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (whole wheat pastry flour works nicely too, but you may have to adjust the amount)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Beat the margarine and peanut butter together in a stand mixer (or use your hand mixer) until smooth and creamy. Add in the sugars. Beat until fluffy. Add in your replaced egg and vanilla. Beat until even more fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, slowly. Using about 1/4 - 1/3 cup of dough, shape into balls (I use a BIG cookie scoop to make perfectly round cookies, because I am a bit of a perfectionist…sometimes…). Place cookie balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. One at a time, dip the cookie balls in a shallow dish with some sugar in it. Slightly flatten each cookie ball with the palm of your hand, and use either a fork or a potato masher to make a pretty criss-cross pattern on the top (flattening the cookie a bit more). Bake in your oven for 10-12 minutes, or until cookies are golden (if you have a sassy oven like I do, you may want to adjust the baking time accordingly). Let the cookies cool a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Makes about 8 big, fat, yummy cookies. Or, if you want, make these smaller so you have lots!
April 14, 2008 at 1:12 am
ok. this has got to be the most photogenic, sex-appeal-filled cookie I have ever seen. love it!
April 14, 2008 at 4:50 am
Ok, those look so good. I want to reach into my screen and grab and eat all of them. Mmmmmmmm. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
April 14, 2008 at 6:38 am
HURRAY!! The recipe!! =) Thank you!
April 14, 2008 at 11:57 am
Classic comfort food! These look great.
April 14, 2008 at 4:41 pm
these sound so good
April 15, 2008 at 7:47 am
Peanut butter cookies are the BEST - and of course, your amazing photographs make them look even MORE tantalizing :0)
I just saw your post about that chocolate spread, that I just blogged about - how wonderful that you too got to experience that delicious spread!!
And I CANNOT apologize enough for lack of comments on your blog - I finally added your blog to my Google Reader subscriptions (ack! I thought I already had you added!), so now I will be regularly visiting your fantastic blog - forgive me!
April 15, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Mmm ! Peanut butter cookies. I used to have such an addiction to peanut butter, but now I’m sick of it because I ate it too much. I might make these though, just because I HAVE to. XD
Your last post looks so delicious, too! I’m a carb addict, so anything with bread looks so amazing… and fresh bread is so much more amazing.
April 15, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I’m not really a big “cookie person,” but I do completely ADORE peanut butter cookies!
These look so great - I just love your perfect criss-cross patterns!
Thanks for the delicious sounding recipe! I can’t wait to try it
Yay!
April 15, 2008 at 5:34 pm
peanut butter cookies are definitely something i don’t get enough of. and yours look delightfully sinful. mmmm!
i’ve never used soy yogurt as an egg replacer in a cookie recipe - how does it work compared to ener-g?
April 16, 2008 at 12:37 pm
PB cookies are my absolute favorite–I like ‘em better than chocolate chippers. This recipe could be dangerous.
April 16, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I am dying for a peanut butter cookie now….
April 23, 2008 at 9:06 am
After the winter thaw, this is the my first baking of the spring. And what a way to start. Excellent recipe girlie!
April 24, 2008 at 11:05 pm
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