More Cookies!

Baked some peanut butter cookies for Chong on Christmas Eve.  I was trying to time it right so the cookies would be ready when he got home but he got home earlier than I had expected while the cookies were still baking in the oven.  I halved the recipe so my measures are different from the ingredient listed below.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions

1. Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs.
2. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. Roll into 1 inch balls and put on baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown. Do not over-bake.

Shifting flour, baking powder, baking soda, & salt                                        Shifted

1/2 c (1 stick) softened butter)

Add brown and white sugar                                                Cream together

Add peanut butter                                                               Cream together

Add egg                                                               Mix together

Add flour mixture                                                Mix well

Chilled for 1 hour

Roll into balls

Baked

Cooled and ready to eat!

Maybe next time, I’ll flatten them and see how he likes it.  I think that regardless of how they look like, he’s going to devourer them!

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!!!

I am posting up cookie pictorials from last weekend when Chong and I made cookies.  These recipes can be found at http://www.allrecipes.com.

Felix K.’s Chocolate Chip Cookies (I shortened the name since it was way too long)

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) bag chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Gently mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a fork in a bowl. Beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
3. Divide the dough into 24 3-tablespoon-sized balls. Flatten the balls to about 1/4-inch thick onto a baking sheet.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet until the centers begin to set, about 20 minutes.

Flour, baking soda, baking powder, & salt

1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter

Add brown and white sugar                                       Cream together

Add eggs and vanilla                                                   Cream together

**Opps, I guess I was too excited and forgot to take a picture of dry ingredients + wet ingredients.  But moving on…**

Mix dry + wet ingredients together & fold in milk chocolate chips

Roll the dough into balls.  DO NOT FLATTEN if you like textured cookies!!!

Cool on cookie sheet for 2 mins, then transfer to cooling rack.  Enjoy with a tall glass of milk!

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces white chocolate, chopped
• 1 (6.5 ounce) jar macadamia nuts, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the white chocolate and nuts. Drop cookies by heaping teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. When cool, store in an airtight container.

Flour, baking soda, & salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter

Add sugar and cream together                                       Add egg and vanilla and mix

Add dry ingredients                                      Mix together

Add white chocolate chips & Macadamia nuts                                 Fold into dough

Roll into balls (I just used 2 spoons since the batter was so wet)

Baked goodies!

I hope the cookie pictorials were clear and helpful!  Have fun baking cookies!  I know I’ll be baking a lot this weekend.