Thursday, January 31, 2008

Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

Cal was watching Paula Deen on the Food Network the other night, and she was (unfortunately for our waistlines) making these unbelievably simple cookies. In an shameless plug for her merchandise, she mentioned that the recipe is in a cookbook of hers that we happened to have (thanks, Christina!). Cal promptly got out of the Ugly Green Recliner, headed straight for the kitchen, and made up a batch in 10 minutes. Now I crave them all the time. Not good. (But, really, oh so good.)

1 c. crunchy* peanut butter
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix all together in a bowl with a spoon. Scoop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes (according to the recipe; we cook 'em a minute or two less so that they're gooey) at 350 degrees. Sprinkle on top with sugar.

*In his first experiment, Cal did half creamy, half crunchy. Indisputably better with crunchy. Suit yourselves, though.

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