Flour-less Peanut Butter Cookies

Flourless peanut butter cookies 3

Here’s a fast and fabulous flour-less cookie from Kraft that you can whip up in no time. It takes just a few ingredients that we all have on hand. This recipe only makes about 20 cookies so you might want to double it up. Pour yourself a glass of milk and enjoy!

Flour-less Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped cocktail peanuts
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium size mixing bowl beat egg until foamy. Add sugar, peanut butter and vanilla and mix well. Stir in chopped peanuts.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silpat. Use a tablespoon or cookie scoop and make 1 1/4 inch balls. Press down with the tines of a fork in a criss cross pattern. Place cookies 2 inches apart.

Bake 10-12 minutes, until very lightly browned. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

Valentine Peanut Butter Blossoms

Valentine Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut butter and chocolate, a fabulous combination of flavors that really satisfies a sweet tooth. Peanut butter and Dove dark chocolate; even better. A Christmas-time favorite, this easy peanut butter blossom recipe has been reinvented for Valentine’s Day.

Valentine Peanut Butter Blossoms
(adapted from Betty Crocker recipe)

You will need:
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups Bisquick biscuit mix
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup sugar
36 Dove Chocolate Hearts

Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
Beat sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter in large bowl until smooth.
Add biscuit mix and vanilla; mix well.
Roll into 1 1/4 inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until lightly browned on bottom, about 6 to 8 minutes. Be careful not to over bake.
Remove from oven, press a chocolate heart into center of each cookie.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.