It’s National Peanut Butter Day! This food holiday may be one of my favorites of the year. I LOVE peanut butter and am always looking for reasons and new ways to cook with it. For today I did something simple – there are only three ingredients. Just combine the peanut butter and powdered sugar, fold up inside the cookie dough, squish a little and bake. Give me a glass of milk and I’m ready to go! If you have more time on your hands, substitute the store-bought chocolate chip cookie dough for your favorite recipe.
And since I have another roll of the cookie dough in the fridge I may turn this recipe into a pie later tonight. It’s okay to celebrate peanut butter more than once in a day, right?
Ingredients:
16.5 oz roll Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with silicone baking mats.
- Cream together the peanut butter and sugar until smooth. Roll into 24 balls.
- Cut cookie dough into 12 slices, then cut each slice in half creating 24 pieces. Flatten one piece in the palm of your hand, place a peanut butter ball in the middle, then form the dough around it sealing the edges. Flatten slightly on cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
- Allow to cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to the cooling rack.
Source: The Spiffy Cookie original
