Peanut Butter Cookies - Only 3 Ingredients!

This is the easiest cookie recipe.  Only three ingredients. And it is peanut butter which is a BIG deal in our house.  If you wanted to make this a four ingredient recipe I would recommend adding chocolate chips by pressing the chips into the top of the cookie dough before baking.

If peanut allergies are an issue, you could use any nut butter (remember peanuts are legumes NOT nuts).

This recipe makes 16 cookies.  I double or triple it when baking.

You need:
1 cup of granulated sugar (and some extra for rolling)
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the ingredients together. I used my stand mixer but you could do this by hand or with a hand mixer.

Once mixed, scoop out tablespoon sized balls of the cookie dough. I used a food scoop but you can use a measuring spoon.  Roll the dough into a ball then roll the ball in some extra sugar.

Put the sugar coated dough ball onto a cookie sheet.  I like to use parchment paper when I can to keep the cookies off the aluminium.  These cookies will not stick to the cookie sheet when cooked if rolled in the sugar.

Press the dough ball with a fork in a crisscross pattern.  Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.  Since there is no flour in this recipe the cookies do not brown.  Also, since there is no leavening (like baking soda or powder) they will not rise or spread.

After cooking, let them cool on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes then use a spatula to move them to a cooling rack. You need to let them cool completely before storing or they just fall apart.

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Kid Snacks - Peanut Butter Bananas

So I am always looking for snack ideas for my daughter.  It is way too easy to grab a bag or box of something.  Even when that something is marked "organic", if it is highly packaged, it probably has the nutritional value of paste.

My first attempt was the classic "ants-on-a-log" with peanut butter stuffed celery topped with raisins, craisins, or chocolate chips. My daughter loves peanut butter so I thought it would be a winner.  But I was wrong.  The first thing she said was, "I don't like celery."  And the complete lack of eating pretty much proved that to be a fact.  Too bad I didn't take a picture though, they came out rather lovely I thought.

So my second attempt was peanut butter on banana slices topped with chocolate chips along with some strawberries.  I thought these were super yummy.  My husband thought they were super yummy.  My daughter said, "I don't like bananas."  Sigh.

That is when I remembered that she really never did eat bananas. How does one forget this?  Even as an infant she would not touch baby food with banana in it.  On a rare occasion now she will have a few bites of banana but apparently this was not one of those days.

But if you have a normal child who likes normal kid food, either the ants-on-a-log or these peanut butter bananas should make a yummy and nutritious snack.  As for me, I will keep trying and let you know how it goes.

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