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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies
Having a dinner party on a Monday night is Not Wise. Especially when you have a big test the next day, and then final exams to begin studying immediately thereafter. But one cannot always be wise, and sometimes one needs to stop being wise for a few hours, so host the dinner party we did... Complete with some intensely delicious, If-You-Are-The-Kind-Of-Person-Who-Will-Host-a-Dinner-Party-on-a-Monday-Night-Then-You-Will-Like-These-Cookies, kind of cookies.
Now it's Tuesday, and the most exciting thing that's happened all day thus far was Zach having to climb over the washer and dryer because Roux the cat had somehow managed to wedge herself between the washing machine and the wall, and was mewing plaintively to be rescued...
But we do still have those cookies. That's an intense enough ordinary Tuesday for me. :-)
Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup applesauce
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cup raw sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 T milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup butterscotch morsels
~ Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
~ Toss together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and set aside
~ Beat the butter, applesauce, and peanut butter together until well-blended.
~ Add the raw sugar and egg, and beat until fluffy.
~ Stir in the milk and vanilla.
~ Stir in the flour mixture until combined.
~ Technically you would want to fold in the butterscotch morsels at this point, but the dough will be rather thick and I actually find it easier to "fold," aka smoosh, the butterscotch morsels into the dough with your hands.
~ Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets, and, if the cookies look a bit tall, flatten them a smidgen with a fork.
~ Bake 12 minutes - until the cookies just hold their shape, but not until they are all the way firm, because they will firm up quite a bit once they come out of the oven.
~ Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets - if they aren't spirited away first...
HOLY. FREAKING. YUM. Send a dozen (or two), please!!!! :0)
ReplyDeleteCute cats!!
Wow those look great. Speaking of the apple combo, what a surprise to find applesauce in there! I personally love the idea, and it even lowers the fat down a bit too :)
ReplyDeleteAnd who doesn't love a party on Monday... I mean we have to celebrate the weekend coming up :)
These cookies look scrumptious - I wish we had butterscotch morsels here.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I'm so glad to have stumbled across this blog! Your desserts look AMAZING, and much healthier than the norm. I can't wait to try out a few of your yumderfuls!!
ReplyDeleteThese look totally divine! And why not party on a Monday? Hope the cat got a nibble as a freedom reward. . . (or maybe that should have been Zach, for freeing Roux in the first place?)
ReplyDeletePlease send Cookiemouse some too! Hope your exam went OK.
ReplyDeleteVeggieGirl, here come virtual cookies your way! :-) and you're always welcome to come have some for real - a vegan version, of course!
ReplyDeleteAdam, thank you! I too love applesauce in baking - I'm always in awe of how it adds beautiful moisture without any fat!
Cakelaw, oh, I wish I could send butterscotch morsels to you! You need to come visit so I can give you some! :-)
Tina, thank you so much for visiting, and for your kind words! I'm so delighted you're excited about the dessert recipes!
Ricki, both Zach and the kitties get lots of nibbles... :-) I'm very good at finding lots of excuses to feed them all treats! :-) *giggles*
CookieMouse, thank you so much for the good luck wishes - thanks to your kind thoughts, the exam went well!
About how many cookies does your recipe end up making?
ReplyDeleteJust made these cookies...YUMMY! Thank you! They are a breeze to make and disappear in a breeze, too! :)
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