Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies on the Food Network

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies on the Food Network

Ingredients

• 1 cup natural peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Coarse sea salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and place racks in the upper and lower third of the oven.

In a medium bowl, mix the peanut butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until well combined. Spoon 1 tablespoon of mixture about 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten the mounds with the tines of a fork, making a crosshatch pattern on the cookies. Sprinkle coarse salt on top of the cookies.

Bake until golden around edges, about 10 minutes, switching the position of the pans halfway thorough baking. Transfer to racks to cool. Repeat with the remaining dough.

What Makes This Recipe Really Sing: Without the flour getting in the way, you really get that true peanut butter flavor.

BYOC: Try tossing in mini versions of stuff. I love peanut butter chips, mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut and even a mini peanut butter cup. Try making a thumb print cookie and add jelly to it. Go crazy, kids and adults love these.

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This was my labor of love.  Robert said that he loved Peanut Putter cookies.  My response, "I'm gonna make you some cookies today!" Robert and I try to be as organic as possible.  Fortunately, the recipe called for natural peanut butter.  So, I went to Trader Joe's directly.  Thinking that chunky peanut butter would be the best, I chose the unsalted TJ brand.  I happily made the trek home with visions of delicious peanut butter cookies in mind.  And, to be sure, the recipe was easy and quickly done.  Scoop, scoop, scrap and the whole jar of peanut butter was in the bowl.  Firm tap, and the egg was added to the mixture.  Before I knew it the cookies were in the oven. Fast forward and I am removing them from the oven and letting them cook on the baking rack.  By the time Robert came over, the cookies were on the table and ready for consumption. 

The verdict?

A bite. Chew. Chew. Chew. "What do you think of the cookies? Do you like?"  Chew. Swallow. "They are good. Do you think you can put more peanut butter in them next time?"


Silence.

"Babe, I used a WHOLE bottle of peanut butter.  The cookies are only peanut butter, sugar and egg.  There's no flour or other fillers included."

"Oh."

My response, "Oh."

Guess I'll try another brand of peanut butter next time...