I haven't made cookies for a while. I don't know why, but I felt like making some tonight. Peanut butter cookies. Now, I don't like peanut butter, but that is a texture thing; so, peanut butter cookies I like.
So, I give you the peanut butter cookie recipe I used tonight. It's not in the Betty Crocker Cook Book. I changed some stuff. I use a wooden spoon to mix everything. I suppose some kind of mixer would work if that's what you normally use.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Mix till smooth:
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup softened butter
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs already beaten
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Blend in:
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
Roll the dough into one inch balls and put on the cookie sheet (I use a Silpat mat on the sheet) a couple inches apart. Flatten with a fork dipped in granulated sugar in a criss-cross pattern.
Bake for 10 minutes, maybe 11 -- DO NOT OVER-BAKE, or I will kick your ass.
We had a spirited discussion about medical malpractice -- actually, I was talking about being aware of the fact that powdered baby formula is not sterile and could be a hazard to immuno-compromised infants -- but be that as it may, the New York Times has an article about the website DoctorsKnow.Us, which is a database of people and lawyers who sue doctors and their expert witnesses, a kind of blacklist. The list doesn't discriminate against those who won and those who lost, those who had instruments left inside of them and those who didn't, those who were misdiagnosed and those who weren't, those treated by incompetent physicians and those that were not. Go figure.
Posted by Bill at March 4, 2004 11:21 PMmmmmm cookies.
I could see the use of such a list. Now we need a list of liscence plate numbers of people who use the drive thru teller at the bank and wait till they are in the front of the line to fill out their damned slip. I am going to get me one of those big 4 wheel drive trucks with a snowblade attached and just wait for someone to do that to me again!
Posted by: Jeff A at March 5, 2004 09:52 AMdon't start, jeff! the point is that "The list doesn't discriminate against those who won and those who lost, those who had instruments left inside of them and those who didn't, those who were misdiagnosed and those who weren't, those treated by incompetent physicians and those that were not." and ostensibly those very people screwed over by bad doctors in the first place might be denied treatment by virtue of their names showing up on this list (yes, yes, i KNOW that the VAST majority of physicians are grrrreat (!), but come onnnnn, why stand together protecting the bad ones. how fucking arrogant can you be to not be able to admit that "one of your brethren" is inferior? you ARE NOT gods -- quit acting like you are.
Posted by: stacey at March 5, 2004 10:23 AMthe cookies are great!
Posted by: stacey at March 5, 2004 10:45 AMNow, I am gonna have to go home tonight and try these. AFTER I do an extra block of jog/walk for good measure in case I eat the whole batch! Thanks for sharing, Bill!
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at March 5, 2004 10:47 AMYou know, if I liked peanut butter I bet those cookies would be really good.
Posted by: TW at March 5, 2004 11:30 AMI can't get peanut butter here at the moment, any donations will be gratefully received.
Posted by: Anji at March 6, 2004 09:14 AM