Peanut butter cookies
My mom is a great cook, but she’s not a baker – so when I was growing up, we didn’t have a lot of stuff on hand to spontaneously bake something. But, the one thing we always seemed to have the ingredients to make was peanut butter cookies. Look up most peanut butter cookie recipe, and you’ll find essentially the same simple ingredients; flour, sugar, peanut butter – toss in a little baking powder & baking soda and you’re set.
This recipe is just as easy, but some simple changes make it a much healthier cookie – and in my opinion, much, much tastier than the ones I used to make. They are crispier and thinner than your typical peanut butter cookie.
Peanut Butter Flax Cookies [recipe from Simply Great Food - our current cookbook bible]
- 1-1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup Ground Flax seed
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- Pinch Salt
- 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Butter, softened
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
In a small bowl combine flour, flax seed, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl cream together the sugar, brown sugar and butter. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Beat in the peanut butter.
Fold in the flour mixture.
Once folded left it sit in the fridge for approx 10 mins to let it firm up a bit. [note: let it sit a little longer if you can - as the dough can be a bit sticky if not left long enough]
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Shape the dough into small balls on a greased baking sheet. Flatten the dough with a fork. Make sure to leave some space between the cookies as they get really flat when baking. (it makes approx 30+ cookies depending on the size you making them so you’ll have to do more then one batch.)
Put extra dough back in the fridge for the until ready for the next batch.
Bake for 8-10 minutes( until lightly brown).
Let cool on sheet for approx 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
Extra cookies freeze and reheat well.
Note of caution – flax seed is high in fibre! Henry loves these cookies, and the first time we made them, he had *several* in one day….you can use your imagination as to the results.
Enjoy!
El 
