Snickerdoodles

A couple of weekends ago I bought some snickerdoodles at the grocery store because I ran out of time to make something for a get together I was going to and was inspired to make some of my own. Normally with baking I tend to sick really close to the recipes I find however with these I was feeling brave so I looked at multiple recipes online and in a way combined them all the in the ratios I felt would give me a fluffy but evenly cooked cookie.  Well it worked because I ended up with a super easy cookie to make that wasn't flat at all and tastes great!

Snickerdoodle 



Ingredients:

1/2 c unsalted butter softened
1/2 c sugar
1/3 c brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
11/2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

2 Tbs sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

In a medium bowl cream butter and sugars until light. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.

In a separate bowl mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until the dough comes together and is workable.

Preheat oven to 350 F

Combine the 2 Tbs sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll the dough into 1-1.5 inch balls and then roll them in the cinnamon sugar.

Press the cookies on to a parchment lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. The cookies should be small disks about 1/4 inch thick.


Bake for 12-15 mins. The cookies should just start to turn golden on top.  Be careful not to over bake the cookie will set up even out of the oven.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love these cookies! I got the origional recipe from 101 Cookbooks, my favorite food blog.  Most of my favorite recipes have come from this site. I find that when I'm looking for a recipe the first place I look is 101 Cookbooks.  Heidi's pictures are amazing and the recipes are so easy to follow.  She also gives a lot of helpful hints on ways to modify the recipes to fit what you are looking for.  Anyway I'm sure a lot of the recipes I share here will be adaptations of recipes I have found on her site.

This summer I made these cookies for the first time and my mom and I love chocolate so I added some mini chocolate chips.  But there was not enough chocolate in that batch so this time I added more chocolate.  I'm convinced that the more chocolate in something the better! The girls I live with can't get enough of these cookies.  If I leave them out they are gone in about 30 seconds.

I have gotten two different consistacies with the dough for these cookies.  The first time I got a very loose and almost runny dough.  The cookies tasted delicious but the dough was a bit difficult to work with.  The next two times I've made them the dough has been tradittional cookie dough consistency.  A much easier dough to work with and the cookies taste just as good if not better than the first time.



Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
2 c. flour (I have used whole wheat pastry or unbleached all-purpose)
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. fine grain sea salt
1 c. natural peanut butter (the kind that seperates and you have to mix together)
1 c. maple syrup
1/3 c. extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. - 1 c. chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.  In a separate bowl mix the peanut butter, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla.  Then add the flour mixture and stir until just combined.  Add the chocolate chips and stir a couple more times.

Place somewhat flattened rounded tablespoons about 1 inch apart from each other on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cookies look set and matte instead of glossy.

note: if baking on a glass pan the cookies will take about 2x as long to cook.