Last week I had a hankerin' for some good old-fashioned peanut butter cookies. All the ingredients were on hand, so it was easy to pull together. I've wondered over the years: why do peanut butter cookies always have that crosshatch pattern in them? Whatever the reason, we ate half of them (then finished them off the next day).
Peanut butter cookies fresh from the oven. There were another eight cookies in the second batch.
This morning's low at home is a chilly 12.8ºC (about 55ºF). The house is still warm, so the central heat hasn't had to come on. And daily highs are predicted to climb over the next couple of days.
They look tempting. Knowing how good a pastry chef you are, they must be extra delicious!
ReplyDeleteThey look delicious. The crosshatching is there so you know they’re peanut butter cookies. Duh!
ReplyDeleteA taste of childhood.
ReplyDeleteThat's it exactly, Mitchell.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention the cross-hatching, Walt! When I was in 4-H I volunteered to be on stage at the fair and bake peanut-butter cookies and then have them judged along with 2 others. After I put mine in the oven, one of the judges came over to me and quietly asked if I always left my balls of dough without "forking" them! (I had been nervous and I hadn't done that last step!) I quickly took the trays out and did my cross-hatching before setting the trays back in the oven. Obviously...no prize for me! Yours look delicious and they wouldn't last long in my house, either!
ReplyDeletehey! you are my third blogger buddy I've read today making PB cookies! It must a seasonal thing?
ReplyDeletechm, they were tasty.
ReplyDeletemitch, well, I never thought of that. They're easily mistaken for chocolate chip cookies...
evelyn, Yes!
judy, ...or jelly doughnuts.
mary, I bet the "balls of dough" would have tasted just as good!
michael, yes! Peanut butter ripens right around the time of the harvest moon. A seasonal favorite. :)