Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies

Source: By Angel Villanueva on Recipezaar.com

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Makes: 36 cookies approx.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk, vanilla and egg in large bowl.
2. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well-blended.
3. Combine flour, salt and baking soda.
4. Add to creamed mixture at low speed.
5. Mix just until blended.
6. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with lines of fork.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown.
8. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.

 

Peanut butter & jelly muffins

Source: The Sneaky Chef.com, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in KidsÆ Favorite Meals

Ingredients:

Makes 8 large muffins (or 16 mini muffins)

• 1 cup Flour Blend (1/3 cup whole grain flour, 1/3 cup white flour, 1/3 cup wheat germ)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• One-half teaspoon baking soda
• One-half teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• One-quarter cup brown sugar
• One-quarter cup canola oil
• Three-quarters cup Orange Puree (see Make-Ahead Recipe #2)
• Three-quarters cup smooth peanut butter
• 8 heaping teaspoons favorite jam*

*Note: Jelly doesn’t work as well as the thicker variety of jam; jelly just disappears into the muffins.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with paper liners.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In another large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until well combined, then whisk in the oil, Orange Puree and peanut butter. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until flour is just moistened (don’t over-mix or the muffins will be dense).

Scoop about two tablespoons of batter into the large muffin cups until half full. Place a heaping teaspoon of jam in the center of each muffin. Cover the jam with another 2 tablespoons or so of batter, filling the cups just over the top. If you’re using mini muffin cups, scale back quantities to fit into the smaller sized cups.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tops are golden brown.