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Paula’s Easy Peanut Butter Powder Cookies Recipe

December 22, 2018 By Paula 18 Comments

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Paula’s Easy Peanut Butter Powder Cookies

These are my favorite peanut butter cookies! I love to stir in some dried cranberries for a festive touch and burst of tangy flavor. You’ll enjoy making this peanut butter powder recipe as it is simple and makes the perfect traditional peanut butter cookie that is super soft and full of peanut butter flavor. Plus, it doesn’t require any dough chilling! Great for holidays and everyday baking. Make some today.
 
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 cup sugar 1 cup Peanut Butter Powder
1 egg 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt
 
Optional Stir-In Ingredients:
1 C Dried Cranberries or any other dried fruit
or 1C Chocolate Chips or any small chocolate candy like M & M’s
or 1C Peanut Butter Chips
 
Let’s Bake!
1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
2. Beat butter and sugar on medium speed with electric in large bowl until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat just until blended.
3. ADD flour, peanut butter powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir until combined. Gently stir in any add-ins at this time.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto baking sheet. Using a fork, flatten slightly in a crisscross pattern with tines of the fork. I used the back of a soup spoon to flatten the ones with cranberries.
5.  BAKE one baking sheet at a time 8 to 10 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown around the edges. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Then, move cookies to cooling rack to cool completely.
Tips:
  •     You can mix up and chill the dough for up to 24 hours.
  •     For a special treat, sandwich two cookies together with a scoop of ice cream in the middle. Roll the edge in chopped candy bar or nuts.
Makes about 36 cookies.
 

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A great peanut butter cookie is always a hit at bake sales, cookie swaps, parties, after school, or any time. These peanut butter powder cookies with their amazing melt-in-your-mouth texture are sure to make you the star baker at your next event.
 
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Candied Fruit & Nut Cookies Recipe

December 20, 2017 By Paula 12 Comments

 Candied Fruit & Nut Cookies Recipe

Candied Fruit & Nut Cookies Recipe

Filled with chopped fruits and nuts, these no-fuss drop cookies are full of nutty and fruity goodness. They’re always a hit at holiday time.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 1/2 cups chopped candied fruit
  • 1 1/2 cups of your favorite nut, chopped (walnuts, pecans, almonds, etc.)

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in fruits and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8 – 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Let cool completely before handling. Yield: 5 dozen.

BAKING TIP: We used a small melon scoop to make these cookies because we found that they held together better by doing so. Add more cinnamon and nutmeg to the recipe if you prefer a darker spiced cookie.

Why not switch things up and make your holiday fruitcake in cookie form? These cookies are a delicious, bite-sized take on the traditional holiday dessert. And for the rest of the year…there’s no need to wait for the holidays to get the big taste of fruitcake!

Candied Fruit and Nut Cookies

BONUS SECTION – CANDIED FRUIT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

What is in mixed candied fruit? Fruits that are commonly candied include dates, cherries, pineapple, and a root, ginger. The principal candied peels are orange and citron; these with candied lemon peel are the usual ingredients of mixed chopped peel (which may also include glacé cherries).

How does fruit become candy? Candied fruit is made by soaking fresh fruit pieces in a sugar syrup, then heating the mixture until all the fruit’s original water content is replaced with sugar.

How can I make candied fruit? Cut your chosen fruit into 1/4-inch (5 mm) slices. For every 1/2 cup of sugar, combine with 1-1/2 cups of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add your sliced fruit into the boiling sugar syrup, keeping the fruit covered by syrup. Cook at medium-low heat, turning the slices of fruit occasionally, for 40 to 50 minutes or until the fruit becomes translucent, but still intact. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the sliced fruit onto a wire rack. Let cool and dry overnight. Roll sliced fruit in a layer of sugar to complete your candied treat.

How can I make candied citrus peel? Cut your chosen citrus fruit into quarters. Cut off the peel, but leave a thin layer of the pith attached. Cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) strips. Blanch the peels by covering your citrus peels with water and bring to a boil for one minute. Do this three times using fresh water each time. For every 1/2 cup of sugar, combine with 1-1/2 cups of water in a saucepan and simmer your blanched peels over low heat for 45 to 60 minutes, or until translucent. Remove citrus peels from syrup, transfer to wire rack to cool, then coat in sugar. To make orangettes, dip half of a candied orange peel into melted chocolate.

If you have any leftover sugar syrup, it can then be used to moisten cakes and sweeten drinks such as iced tea, cocktails and sparkling water. Also, the sugar syrup should keep well in the refrigerator for a few weeks.

When drying candied fruit, set a tray lined with parchment or wax paper beneath your wire rack to catch any drippings

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Paula’s Easy Kid Friendly Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe

December 18, 2013 By Paula 4 Comments

 
Paula’s Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies
These are my favorite sugar cookies! This sugar cookie recipe is simple and perfect plain or topped icing. Great for holidays and every day. Make some today.
 
Cookie Ingredients:
1 C Room Temperature Butter (2 sticks)                                2/3 C Sugar
2 1/2 C Sifted All-Purpose Flour + more for dusting            1 tsp Vanilla
1 Egg                                                                                     1/2 tsp salt
 
Icing Ingredients:
1 1/2 C Sifted Confectioners Sugar                                             
1 Tbsp Milk
Food Coloring
 
Let’s Bake!
1.    Combine Flour & Salt. Set dry mixture aside.
2.    Cream Butter & Sugar at medium speed. Beat in Egg & Vanilla.
3.    Stir dry mixture into wet ingredients with wooden spoon.
4.    Cover dough with plastic wrap and Chill for 30 minutes. I make ahead and chill overnight so the dough will be ready for the kids when they come over.
5.    Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
6.    On floured surface Roll out dough to 1/4″ thickness & Cut with floured cookie cutter(s).
7.    Place cookies on Greased or parchment lined cookie sheet & Bake for 8 – 9 minutes, until edges are just starting to brown. Transfer to a rack to cool.
 
Let’s Decorate!
1.    Sift Confectioners Sugar into a bowl & Add milk. Stir until smooth.
2.    Divide into separate bowls & Color as desired.
3.    Spread icing on to cooled cookies & Add any decorations you want.
 
Makes about 18 cookies
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