Thursday, September 8, 2011

Peanut Butter Cookies

I was excited to try another cookie mix that was gluten-free as I still hold out hope that I will like one of them enough to use it consistently.


I found this Hodgson Mill Mix and decided it was worth a try.
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I thought it was nifty that on the back it had different ideas for what to add to the cookie mix and how much to put in there.
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I decided to do the peanut butter variation, for which they say to add 1/2 cup peanut butter.  The dough was actually tasty.
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I made little balls and flattened them with a for.
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They look lovely.
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I also tried little cookie balls.
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The only problem with these cookies is that they taste like nothing, not bad, not good, just nothing.  The peanut butter is only tasted VERY faintly.  It would definitely need more peanut butter, how much I am not sure, but at least twice as much as they recommend.  My concern would be, how well would the cookie hold together if it had to have a LOT of peanut butter in it?  So disappointment.

6 comments:

  1. You could always add some Allspice, or other spices you may like to give them some taste. Or lemon rind or something. That would not alter the consistency of the dough.

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  2. What if you tried adding peanut butter chips for extra flavor?

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  3. Hmmm... I know I prefer chunky peanut butter, but for baking, I do switch to creamy. Wonder if you could just add a cup of chopped peanuts without messing up the batter?

    --Chan

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  4. If you're willing to bake from scratch, try these PB cookies: http://glutenfreegirl.com/yum-yum-peanut-butter/

    They were my absolute favorite cookies, back when I could still have peanut butter. (sigh)

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  5. My sis-in-law wrote a cook-book (http://colorjoy.com/recipes/) with many gluten free recipes, all thoroughly tested (I;ve eaten some of the results and they are YUMMY) She also has free recipes here:

    http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/category/food/recipes

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  6. Oh they look so good! Good luck finding a tastier recipe.
    vicki

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