PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

I made peanut butter cookies this afternoon. I tried a new recipe. They are luscious cookies, so tender inside and not to sweet. That is an issue I have with most peanut butter cookies they tend to be to sweet.
I made the cookies with Trader Joe's natural peanut butter and that may have kept the sweetness level down also. 
Here is the recipe.


Irresistible peanut butter cookies.
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup Crisco all vegetable shortening
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 Tbsp's milk
1 Tbsp's pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 13/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt


Heat oven to 375 F. Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in bowl and beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg beat until blended. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt and add to creamed mixture at low speed. Drop by round tablespoons 2" apart on baking sheet. Flatten slight in your implement of choice. I use a potato masher.
Bake for 7-8 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown. Cool two minutes on baking sheet and remove to a rack to finish cooling. I usually put in a plastic container with snap lid inserting wax paper between layers of cookies. They stay soft this way.
As I said I love this recipe as they are tender and soft and melt in your mouth.


After running this morning for groceries and doing some errands I just wanted a laid back afternoon and baking cookies while listening to music seemed so comforting to me.


I did do a bad thing though. On the way home I stopped at Little Caesar's for their Hot and Ready pepperoni pizza. My hubby and I like this pizza. We put the oven at 350 F and pop the pizza on a aerated pizza pan and heat for ten minutes. It is just like it was made in your own oven. So you pick it up and pop it your oven and there you go. We like the crust and the sauce we add other ingredients to our liking or what is in the fridge. For $5 bucks how can you beat it? We each had lunch today and will lunch on it again tomorrow with another five minute heat up.
To compensate our unhealthy lunch we are having for tonight's dinner a green salad with lots of veggies and good albacore tuna and home made dressing. I am sure we will have a cookie for desert so overall not the best day for health. But surely once in a great while does it really hurt? No one wants to be deprived. Furthermore it is really more about portion control.


It was mild today. When I stepped out of the car at the grocery store the sun had popped out and the breeze was warm and welcoming. I stood outside my car door and drank in the air. I am thinking I could detect a hint of spring on the horizon.


The remains of my cold are slowly taking leave. Leaving me with a sore nose, chapped lips and feeling jet lagged for lack of sleep.
Tomorrow I feel will be a stellar day. A date with my husband and well on the road to recovery.


Have a lovely evening even if you do not have peanut butter cookies. Wish I could share them with the world it bring forth a lot of smiles. Who does not like a good cookie?


Till later.