{"id":1500,"date":"2011-09-29T02:29:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T02:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2011-09-29T20:57:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T20:57:40","slug":"peanut-butter-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/09\/29\/peanut-butter-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Butter Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div style=\"width: 300px;\" data-width=\"300\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 80.333333333333% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1511 lazyload\" title=\"Peanut Butter Cookies_share\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peanut-Butter-Cookies_share-300x241.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peanut-Butter-Cookies_share-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peanut-Butter-Cookies_share.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peanut Butter Cookies. \u00a0I\u2019ve never been a fan. \u00a0I\u2019ve always believed you have to like peanut butter to like peanut butter cookies. \u00a0Makes sense, right? \u00a0And, it\u2019s held true for every peanut butter cookie I\u2019ve ever had. \u00a0Until now\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When my peanut butter cookie-loving hubby asked for some, I decided to try a new recipe, so I headed straight to my Flour Cookbook. \u00a0It\u2019s one of my favorite cookbooks. \u00a0{By the way, if you haven\u2019t picked up a copy of Joanne Chang\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"Flour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flour-Spectacular-Recipes-Bostons-Bakery\/dp\/081186944X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1317329163&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Flour Cookbook<\/a>, you really, really should. \u00a0It\u2019s full of delicious recipes, and I love every recipe I\u2019ve tried. \u00a0This has definitely become one of my go-to cookbooks!}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These cookies proved once again how yummy Joanne\u2019s recipes are. \u00a0They are soft and chewy, and have this delicious and not too overpowering taste of peanut butter. \u00a0I used crunchy peanut butter so you can taste little bits of peanut in every bite. They\u2019re crunchy, sweet and salty, and delicious. \u00a0If my hubby had his wish, I\u2019d make these for him every week. \u00a0I definitely don\u2019t have a problem with that anymore!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, in addition to being amazing, Joanne now has the distinct honor of being the one baker to make me like peanut butter cookies!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar, plus more for sprinkling<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups chunky peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>2-2\/3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. \u00a0Line baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda. \u00a0Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>With your electric mixer on medium high speed, beat together the butter and both sugars until light.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the eggs and vanilla until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the peanut butter for a few minutes until combined.<\/li>\n<li>On low speed, add in the flour mixture. \u00a0Mix until combined with the peanut butter mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Using a measuring tablespoon, form the cookie dough into balls, and drop onto the prepared cookie sheets. \u00a0Make a criss-cross pattern with a fork, and sprinkle with sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies turn golden brown. \u00a0Cool before enjoying!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Makes about 3 dozen cookies (depending on how big you make your cookies).<\/div>\n<div><em>Adapted from the <a title=\"Flour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flour-Spectacular-Recipes-Bostons-Bakery\/dp\/081186944X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1296498718&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Flour Cookbook<\/a><\/em><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come meet the recipe that made me like Peanut Butter Cookies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[220,221,222,219],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}