Having researched this model, they were aware it would take a team of carpenters and engineers at least three full weeks and several committee meetings to assemble. They dropped the boxes off at my house, and wisely sped away.
Luckily, my in-laws were visiting for the week, and my father-in-law is a wonder. He builds things. As soon as their camper is parked, he conjurs wood from thin air and starts hammering. It took him two days to put the whole mess together.
He never asked for anything in return, but I had it on good authority (MIL) that he wanted peanut butter cookies. This gave me a great excuse to whip out THE BOOK and try this recipe!
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PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
• 1 cup butter (I like to use the real stuff)
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (or creamy if you prefer)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2½ cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp baking soda
Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour - this helps it firm up some so you can handle it better.
Roll into 1-inch balls and put on baking sheets - leave room between them, because they do spread. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 in a preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown. Allow to cool before removing from cookie sheets.
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I had been looking for the basic, classic peanut butter cookie recipe and I think this is pretty much it. They turned out a little flatter and crisper than I had intended (and I don't know enough about the chemistry of baking to say what I could adjust to make them softer and fluffier? Help?) but they were still very good. The flavor was light and buttery, and it was a great sweet/salty mix of awesome. Father-in-law approved.
This recipe makes A BUNCH of cookies, like a whole platter of them. So I took some over to the neighbors' crawfish boil and they were gone before I even set the plate down.
haha cookies start with c.
ReplyDelete1. yeah, i've seen that playsit! there is a HOUSE BUILDER putting one together in our parents' back yard! ooh la la! like, no, his occupation is to build houses.
2. your FIL is so, so precious. i like that dude so much!
3. mom's (i have no idea what recipe she used?) always came out crispy, so that's how i like 'em! the only thing i do - and i have NO IDEA WHY because it's not that important - is i sprinkle them with sugar before i bake them. it makes them too sweet, though, so don't do that, ok? i'm going to stop doing that.
peanut butter cookies are my second favorite type of cookie!!!