Peanut Butter Cookies With Peanut Butter Chips

I went on a picnic with my boyfriend and his family and I wanted to make something quick and delicious, so I took a generic peanut butter cookie recipe and added peanut butter chips. If you want another way to change up a peanut butter cookie recipe you can always put a Hershey kiss on each cookie.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups peanut butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Peanut butter chips (optional)
• 1 package of Hershey kisses, unwrapped (optional)

Directions:

Gather Ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets, or use a silicone baking mat.

In a medium bowl, stir peanut butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. If you are adding peanut butter chips, stir in as many as you want now. I probably used about 2-2 1/2 cups.

Roll into 1-inch balls and place them two inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Press a criss-cross into the top using a fork, this helps the cookies have a flatter shape. Peanut butter cookies have a hard time flattening when baking. You can also use the bottom of a cup dipped in sugar to flatten the cookies if you don't want the criss-cross shape, or if you want the cookies to stay in a ball shape then don't flatten them at all!

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. If you want to use Hershey kisses, then place one on the top of each cookie after letting cool for a few minutes, but don't wait too long because then the kisses wont stick to the cookies. If you are not using them then let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.

My Experience:

Peanut butter cookies are one of my favourites. You can do so much with a generic recipe. This recipe turned out great, and everyone loved them. I love experimenting with recipes so if I were to make them again I'm sure I would add something different to them, the possibilities are endless in baking! 

Enjoy!xx

Cinnamon Rolls

This week I have been really wanting cinnamon rolls, so I thought they would be a great thing to make for this.

Ingredients:

For The Dough:

• 1/4-ounce package yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup scalded milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or shortening
• 1 egg
• 3 1/2-4 cups all-purpose flour

For The Filling

• 1/2 cup butter, plus more for greasing
• 3/4 cup sugar, plus more for pan
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup raisins, walnuts, or pecans (optional)

For The Icing/Glaze

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3-6 tablespoons hot water

Directions:

Gather Ingredients.

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside.

In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, salt, and egg. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle.

Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes, I suggest lightly flouring your hands as well. Place in well-greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size. Usually 1-1 1/2 hours. I let mine rise for  1 1/2 hours.

When doubled in size, punch down dough. Roll out onto a floured surface into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle.

Spread melted butter all over the dough. mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the buttered dough. If desired sprinkle Raisins, walnuts, and pecans on the dough too. This can get messy!

Beginning at the 15-inch side, roll up the dough and pinch the ends together to seal.

Cut into 12-15 slices.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Coat the bottom of the baking pan with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place cinnamon slices close together in pan and let dough rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.

Bake for about 30 minutes. Mine took exactly 30 minutes, but it depends on the oven.

Meanwhile, mix butter and powdered sugar together. Mix in vanilla. Add water one tablespoon at a time until icing reaches desired consistency. spread icing over slightly cooled rolls.

My Experience:
I enjoyed making these a lot, other than all the waiting. The cinnamon rolls were good, but they weren't the best I have ever eaten. If I were to change anything or make these again I would cook them less so they are more doughy because they were a little hard on the top.