Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter cookies were created out of necessity, but turned out to be a huge hit, primarily amongst American families. They are the second most favourite cookies of the American families across the US.
The earliest documentation of the existence of peanut butter cookies, which are an American invention, dates back to the early 1900’s. This was when an educator, George Washington Carver, passionately began advocating that the farmers shift away from the cotton crop, following a heavy boll weevil attack on cotton. As a solution to this infestation, Carver called for the use of peanuts instead, citing their health benefits. To further promote his cause, he compiled a recipe collection, whereby all the recipes made use of peanuts as an ingredient.
The first documented production of peanut butter cookies appears in that bulletin – How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption. The recipe indicated the use of crushed peanuts, as peanut butter was still inexistent. The crushed peanuts came to be substituted with peanut butter later on, in the late 1920s. But ever since then, peanut butter cookies have come to be a favourite snack among many people from all over the world.
Mix room temperature butter and peanut butter with a mixer for 2 minutes, then add one egg and mix shortly.
Add flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and a pinch of salt, then mix into a dough. Wrap the dough in plastic foil and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
Now you can do it in two ways.
You can either roll out the dough on a floured surface and shape the cookies using cookie moulds, or you can just shape the dough into little balls and press them into cookies.
The choice is yours.
Now spread the cookies over a lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/356°F for 10 minutes.
Allow them to cool down for 10 minutes, as they will harden as they cool down.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix room temperature butter and peanut butter with a mixer for 2 minutes, then add one egg and mix for 30 more seconds.
- Add flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and a pinch of salt, then mix into a dough. Wrap the dough in plastic foil and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
- You can either roll out the dough on a floured surface and shape the cookies using cookie moulds, or you can just shape the dough into little balls and press them into cookies.
- Spread the cookies over a lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 356°F for 10 minutes.
- Allow them to cool down for 10 minutes, as they will harden as they cool down.
