peanut butter-cinnamon-chocolate chip cookies
my first ever cookies! never had i attempted to make cookies before and this weekend, because the weather was calling for a more homy feel, while the man of the house was working on a 3d (tipical man!) i decided to dedicate to a long postponed hobby, ever since i live on my own, i've discovered this passion for cooking, not necessarily sweet or salted food, i just like having people eat what i make... and hopefully enjoying it!
so sunday after a morning out in a shy sun i bought all the ingredients to make thos amazing cookines from "Martha's Cookies" book. some look so hard, and so chic, but i decided to go with an almost classic, not just make a chocolate-chip cookie, but try her variation for it, with peanut-butter and cinnamon.
i won't write the recipe, because this is not a food blog, but i will let you know what's in it: flour, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, pinch of salt, cinnamon, peanut-butter, butter, baking soda and chocolate-chips (you can also add extra peanuts, but i thought it was too much)
mix it
use an ice-cream scoop to make equally big cookies, not too big (i made that mistake so the first batch burnt a bit), the recipe says to press slightly with a bottom of a cup... i did it once, burnt the sides of the cookies, so the other 2 batches i didn't press and made them smaller.
look at the photos in the recipe book a few times so you can make them just like it!
i'm not a professional but they looked pretty good on the drying rack! i have to say the taste was even better than they looked, soft in the middle, almost chewy and so fragrant with the double amount of cinnamon Martha told me to put... i love cinnamon, so i added lots more!
because i can't lie and tell you they ALL came out beautiful, here is the first batch of cookies and the second one... the first is only slightly burnt on the sidesn but the taste is still very good. of course the ones one the right were the best.
so sunday after a morning out in a shy sun i bought all the ingredients to make thos amazing cookines from "Martha's Cookies" book. some look so hard, and so chic, but i decided to go with an almost classic, not just make a chocolate-chip cookie, but try her variation for it, with peanut-butter and cinnamon.
i won't write the recipe, because this is not a food blog, but i will let you know what's in it: flour, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, pinch of salt, cinnamon, peanut-butter, butter, baking soda and chocolate-chips (you can also add extra peanuts, but i thought it was too much)
mix it
use an ice-cream scoop to make equally big cookies, not too big (i made that mistake so the first batch burnt a bit), the recipe says to press slightly with a bottom of a cup... i did it once, burnt the sides of the cookies, so the other 2 batches i didn't press and made them smaller.
look at the photos in the recipe book a few times so you can make them just like it!
i'm not a professional but they looked pretty good on the drying rack! i have to say the taste was even better than they looked, soft in the middle, almost chewy and so fragrant with the double amount of cinnamon Martha told me to put... i love cinnamon, so i added lots more! 
because i can't lie and tell you they ALL came out beautiful, here is the first batch of cookies and the second one... the first is only slightly burnt on the sidesn but the taste is still very good. of course the ones one the right were the best.and as my coleague Liesbeth said when she tasted it, (without me having to bribe her!)
"hmmm... these are the best cookies i ever tasted"
i guess i'll keep making cookies...
i guess i'll keep making cookies...
posted by andrea at terça-feira, abril 22, 2008
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