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Instead of using the adjust-a-cups and having extra utensils to wash, weigh the peanut butter and honey. The bowl is literally on the scale!
Best recipe for peanut butter cookies one cup of peanut butter one cup of white sugar and one egg
Well I don't use a scale in the kitchen so I'll just go find a normal person to learn from
I actually made these without peanuts- they are amazing—- thank you
Such a good video. Not only did you teach us to make the cookies but you gave me a better understanding of baking chemistry. Thank you!
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Why can't you use crunchy peanut butter? I don't eat enough smooth peanut butter to justify buying it.
How much water?
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Boy, I wish I would have found your video yesterday. Everything you said happen to my batch of cookies last night. I used too much peanut butter thinking it will make the cookies more rich and flavorable, and they came out dry and crumbly because I did exactly what you said NOT TO DO…lol. Thank You as I will be now using your recipe from now on.
These hold up well without peanut pieces?
She added the water for extra moisture. The peanuts will give the cookie some crunch. She should have used softened butter instead of melted. If the tempature of the oven bakes them to slow they will spread out more making them less chewy. The eggs whites she added tends to dry the cookie out. You could try one egg with just the yoke and one with the whole egg.
Contrary to popular belief, cooking is not a science. One might think so because of the measurements. The key to great food is trial and error. Great cooks are not born, nor taught in a cooking school. Experience is the best teacher. Had she not added the honey, she would not have had to add the peanuts. The flavor of the honey over powers the flavor of the peanut butter.
I would have suggested 2 tsp of maple syurp rather than the honey. If you look at those cookies, it was moreover the thickness that made them chewy. I have seen some youtube demonstrations where the "cookies" were 2 inchs or more in height. Those are not cookies, they as mini cakes.
Great food is about taste, not how flavorable it may be. 9 times out of 10, people tend to over season their food. Whereby all they taste is the seasoning and not the food itself. For others…they want it to be delicious, but they sacrifice taste for presentation. That looks yummy, that is a work of art. In the end, no matter how elegant or beautiful the presentation may be. It all looks the same by the time it hits your stomach. I'm 54 years old and have been cooking daily for 42 years. I think during that time, i've learned a thing or two. Ps…i did try her recipe, it was edible, but i was not impressed or pleased.
These are now my go-to peanut butter cookie! Chewy and delish!
1) If you don’t have the “Adjust-a-cup”, coat your utensils with cooking spray before measuring the peanut butter and honey. The food will come out easy and cleaner.
2) The dough looks very wet/oily as compared to other cookie doughs.
3) I used a #40 (1.5 TBSP) scoop and baked 10 minutes. Cookies were between 2.5”-3” wide. Perfect!
4) 4:50 why bother rolling the cookies into a ball when you’re just going to turn around and flatten them out?
5) Finally, the bottom of my 1/4 cup measure is almost exactly 2” wide. I just pressed the cookies down with the measuring cup until I saw the edge of the dough around the bottom of the cup. Perfect!
Just made these and they are delicious!!!!!!
I made these cookies and used high quality ingredients. Not sure if I liked them as they were bland. Was I supposed to put white sugar? I used organic raw honey and brown sugar too!
unsalted roasted peanuts????
Can i freeze the dough
y'all make sure to use LIGHT brown sugar, NOT dark brown sugar.
i made this recipe 3 times now and the first 2 times i could not figure out why mine didn't look like hers or seem to have the right texture. this third time they turned out perfectly. i was racking my brain trying to figure out what was different… this time i used light brown sugar because i ran out of dark brown sugar. the only difference. and voila. perfect cookies.
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No – we are now in the 20th century – we ARE METRIC!
She mentioned she was adding water, later. Did she? Thanks.
"CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES"
INGREDIENTS:
7.5 oz flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
7.5 oz dark brown sugar
1 cup CREAMY! peanut butter
2 T honey
1 tsp vanilla
4 T melted butter
2 eggs
½ cup roasted peanuts, chopped fine
24 cookies (#30 portion scoop/about 2T) – 2" diameter rounds
350 degrees –> 10-12 minutes (rotate at 6 min)
How the hell are we measuring some ingredients and not others, I would think AT LEAST the peanut butter would be weighed 🤯 someone get Jack or Dan. No better yet get BRIDGETTE!
Now I know what I've been doing wrong with peanut butter cookies, my fav are when they are chewy..I really like those cup holder pushy things you used..lol..I love most cookies that are chewy but they don't always turn out like that. Can't wait to try this recipe. One of my fav peanut butter cookies is Tim Horton's because they are chewy.
Wow, can't believe she has a glass cooktop!
Made these cookies and they taste so good.
Very well done best I've seen can't wait to try it thank you.
Peanit butter
why do you have to go through changes to see the recipe it say
try something for free for 14 day to bake a peanut butter cookie i know to stay of your page now ridiculous
Too mathematical for me with to many gadgets that I don't have. Wish it would have been a simpler version
Cups and tea spoons aren't real units, I'm begging the US to finally use the metric system. You know… something reliable.
I tried this recipe and it was a huge hit with all my friends. So good. Thank you Erin!!!
Why do they make it crispy???? I don't want it crispy!!!!! I want the recipe from great American cookies!