FLOURLESS PEANUT-CHOCOLATE COOKIES
03 mar 2006

daniel loves peanut butter cookies. so does my mom. so does caroline. (my sister doesn't, but this is owing mostly to the fact that she'll go into anaphylactic shock if she eats peanuts, so i guess she can be forgiven.)

& hey, what do you know? i love making cookies.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg (lightly beaten)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts

METHOD
preheat oven to 350, with racks in upper & lower thirds. in a large bowl, stir together peanut butter, sugar, egg, baking soda, & salt until well combined. stir in chocolate ships & peanuts.

with moistened hands, roll dough, about 1 heaping tablespoon at a time, into balls. place 2 inches apart on two baking sheets.

bake until cookies are golden & puffed, 12 to 14 minutes, rotating sheets from top to bottom & front to back halfway through. cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.

DEVIATIONS & OBSERVATIONS
no deviations! i'm a good girl!

"Flourless Peanut-Chocolate Cookies" from The Everyday Food tv series, originally aired May 2005.