Comments on: Experimenting with an old favorite: peanut butter cookies get a partial makeover. http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/ Hot Stuff from King Arthur's Hearth Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Gaynelle http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-14622 Gaynelle Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:05:42 +0000 http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-14622 You could try adding a little cinnamon to the mix and topping each cookie with a chocolate kiss prior to baking. The wrapper from the kiss should be removed first of course. (Actually, I use the kiss to flatten the cookie - quicker that using forks!) The kiss doesn't melt flat in the oven but the taste of it changes a lttle and I love it! I learned this variation at least 30 years ago and it is my favorite! <strong>Gaynelle, I've actually made these, but had forgotten about them - thanks for reminding me! PJH</strong> You could try adding a little cinnamon to the mix and topping each cookie with a chocolate kiss prior to baking. The wrapper from the kiss should be removed first of course. (Actually, I use the kiss to flatten the cookie - quicker that using forks!) The kiss doesn’t melt flat in the oven but the taste of it changes a lttle and I love it! I learned this variation at least 30 years ago and it is my favorite!

Gaynelle, I’ve actually made these, but had forgotten about them - thanks for reminding me! PJH

]]> By: Juliane http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3027 Juliane Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:55:20 +0000 http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3027 LOVE Peanut Butter Cookies! I think one of the reasons they don't seem as P-nutty as our childhood days is that back then more people used the 'natural' peanut butter that you had to stir the oil that was floating on top in to the thicker peanut solids at the bottom before you used it. I bet I was 10 before Mom ever even bought that emulsified peanut butter like JIF & P. Pan. (I'm not 'that' old, but Mom was (and is) a home-baker and rarely used mixes. Lucky Me!) Today, when I make these cookies I use the 'natural' PB, but pour off the oil and use the really thick (and I use CRUNCHY) peanut butter that is left to make my cookies- VERY P-nutty! Love the recipes & the blog! LOVE Peanut Butter Cookies!
I think one of the reasons they don’t seem as P-nutty as our childhood days is that back then more people used the ‘natural’ peanut butter that you had to stir the oil that was floating on top in to the thicker peanut solids at the bottom before you used it. I bet I was 10 before Mom ever even bought that emulsified peanut butter like JIF & P. Pan. (I’m not ‘that’ old, but Mom was (and is) a home-baker and rarely used mixes. Lucky Me!)
Today, when I make these cookies I use the ‘natural’ PB, but pour off the oil and use the really thick (and I use CRUNCHY) peanut butter that is left to make my cookies- VERY P-nutty!
Love the recipes & the blog!

]]> By: Adam http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3026 Adam Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:23:44 +0000 http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3026 Mmm, I love peanut butter cookies. Actually I love peanut butter anything, ha. But as for the shortening, Crisco isn't truly trans fat free. They just reformulated so that there's 0.5 grams or less trans fat per serving (1 tablespoon), but it still contains the partially hydrogenated oil. Luckily there are a few good non-hydrogenated natural shortenings out there now, like Earth Balance, so I can use that :) Mmm, I love peanut butter cookies. Actually I love peanut butter anything, ha.

But as for the shortening, Crisco isn’t truly trans fat free. They just reformulated so that there’s 0.5 grams or less trans fat per serving (1 tablespoon), but it still contains the partially hydrogenated oil. Luckily there are a few good non-hydrogenated natural shortenings out there now, like Earth Balance, so I can use that :)

]]> By: Jana http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3021 Jana Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:12:05 +0000 http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3021 I just noticed that the recipe has a click button to be volume or weight. Wonderful! Having finally gotten a kitchen scale I love it expecially for flour and your sugestion for weighing the peanut butter. Thanks I just noticed that the recipe has a click button to be volume or weight. Wonderful! Having finally gotten a kitchen scale I love it expecially for flour and your sugestion for weighing the peanut butter. Thanks

]]> By: cjarnott http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3009 cjarnott Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:03:09 +0000 http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/01/07/experimenting-with-an-old-favorite-peanut-butter-cookies-get-a-partial-makeover/#comment-3009 Hello. These look great! The recipe linked calls for 3/4 of a cup of peanut butter. In the demo on the blog you measure out 1 cup. Which is correct? Thanks--love to read your blog <strong>Good eye - I actually changed the recipe since the time I photographed the blog, so please follow the recipe, not the blog photos. Thanks for your input! - PJH</strong> Hello. These look great! The recipe linked calls for 3/4 of a cup of peanut butter. In the demo on the blog you measure out 1 cup. Which is correct?
Thanks–love to read your blog

Good eye - I actually changed the recipe since the time I photographed the blog, so please follow the recipe, not the blog photos. Thanks for your input! - PJH

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