Peanut Butter Pleasure Cookies
Begin the angelic Christmas Carols….
In a perfect world…all cookies turn out perfect. (Peanut Butter Pleasure Cookies aren’t a stand in…. ) They’re fluffy and just perfectly crumbly…but not too crumbly, because you don’t want them falling apart in your milk. In our heads, where sugar cookies dance, they have the perfect ratio of chocolate chips, to pecans, to cookie. They are perfectly browned…just a little darker on the outside edges…where they are supposed to be slightly crunchy…but still soft in the middle. In this perfect world June Cleaver, always had her hair fixed, and looked perfectly made up with her dress and fluffy little apron when Ward came home from work. She, apparently had already had her Valium washed down with a mai tai. Her cookies never stuck to her thighs like she had super glue running through her veins either!
Que the record scratch sound………
In the K family’s world…the sugar plums are pretty much prunes and the music playing in the background is the theme song to Uncle Buck. Apparently, SOMEONE forget to read the manual for Leave it to Beaver. SOMEONE, drove 22 hours to see her hubby in a travel trailer…where there isn’t enough room to sling a cat. She forgot that she had to make cookies for a Christmas Cookie Exchange, and that she didn’t even have a baking sheet at the Montana Home. SOMEONE, didn’t have her Valium and Mai tai making ingredients.
I dawned my best pair of sweats…cause that’s mostly what I brought with me (And, because it’s socially unacceptable to go to the grocery store in Jammie bottoms with house shoes…. We don’t have a Wal-Mart)… and threw my hair up in its usual sloppy bun and headed to the over-priced grocery store in this tiny little town. I found a whopping ONE choice for a cookie sheet…and I had the pleasure of paying $16 for it. WHOOP…so with my bargain supplies and cookie sheet, apparently made of gold…I headed to the travel trailer to get busy…. I began mixing up my recipe….and realized…I didn’t have a mixer either…..so back out in the first snow of the year for this area. $35 for a hand mixer! (It was 80 degrees when I left Texas….what was I thinking?) WOO HOO another bargain basement special…oh, did I forget to mention…it was on sale! Lucky me!
I finished my mix, and threw the first batch in the oven….and sat down to check my emails. Somewhere between the spammy pharmacy mail and Facebook….I got distracted. Something June would NEVER recommend. But June, very obviously, didn’t have the internet or Pinterest. She apparently didn’t have anything else to do while HER cookies baked.
No matter how I styled them…these weren’t going in any magazine!
They were flat and burned…and No amount of ribbon was gonna make that look appetizing. We had thought about going skeet shooting this weekend…AH….the perfect target! Oops…bullets would ricochet off of these bad boys.
Back to the drawing board. Something, the altitude, the distractions, the something…..just simply wasn’t in the cards for my “better than sex cookies” today. It wasn’t happening. Maybe I should have bought the ingredients for my drinky treats instead.
Just about the third batch of lead cookies that came out of the oven…I realized that I was gonna have to change my strategy. Back to the store………..
When my “Ward” Got home….I looked perfectly covered from head to toe in flour….had a already cramped camper, flipped on its nose. Every dish we had in the place, piled up on the two feet of counter top. I’m pretty sure I used the entire winter stipend of propane! There was a big pile of burned flat cookies on the table! Behind me, the oven still baking that first batch of my second recipe. “Dear Lord…. I promise to be a good girl for the….(wait a minute…be careful….you know how this turned out last time)….rest of the time I’m baking.”
Dave…being the “Ward” that he is….gently hugs me…obviously, I looked as though I could use some pity. Heedfully, he opens the oven door….and I swear…right there in the kitchen from a baking fiasco….was a thing of beauty! Cookies…that were fluffy and golden brown.
“Hurry….Grab the oven mitt and get them out!” I yelled at him. He looked at me pretty odd…but he did as I told him, and he pulled them out. So, with a lunchbox in one hand and a cookie sheet of Peanut Butter Pleasure Cookies, in the other….he turns…and turns…looking for a place to sit them. I opened the microwave door and he smiles and delicately places them in…still looking a bit bewildered by the appearance of the trailer..and the fact that the only spot in the place to set a sheet of freshly baked cookies was in the microwave.
He walks over to the table and sets his lunchbox down…picks up one of the flattened, rigid, dark brown/black discs and takes a bite….he stretched his neck to get the audible bite down. “They sure do TASTE good!” he said. What an angel!
This, my friends, is why today….I’m sharing this recipe for Peanut Butter Pleasure Cookies, rather than my “Better than sex chocolate chip cookies” Apparently, the cookie Gods didn’t appreciate my situation. I hope you enjoy these…they were a big pain in the bootayyy to make for Y’all! lol AND….they’re really good. In fact, they’ve kinda replaced the chocolate chip recipe in my family’s list of favorites anyway! So…maybe the cookie Gods DID have my back! Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
1/4 Cup Shortening
1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine Softened
1 Egg
1/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1-3/4 Cups Milk Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts
Directions:
Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening butter and egg in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or till firm.
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Shape dough into 1 1/4″ balls. Place about 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in a crisscross pattern with a fork.
Bake 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Cool five minutes on the baking sheet…and then place on a rack to finish cooling.
Now…head on over and see the other gals’ recipes for today…and remember…this exchange is going to be going on all week…so come back and see all the other sites’ yummy recipes too! AND….NO…you aren’t hullucinating…or maybe you are if you had your Valium and mai tais…but YES…this is the second story today…YUP…I got myself into TWO tours today. ENJOY my crazy life! 😀
Please visit the following blogs to see what cookies
they have “brought” to the Christmas Cookie Exchange…
Monday, Dec. 9th
Tuesday, Dec. 10th
Wednesday, Dec. 11th
Thursday, Dec. 12th
Friday, Dec. 13th
Stopping by from the Cookie Exhange ~ Yum! Those look so tasty! Can’t wait to try out this recipe, Pinning 🙂
Elizabeth @ Southern Color recently posted…Christmas Cookie Exchange
YAY! I’m so glad you stopped by! I can’t wait to see them all! 😀
Tammy recently posted…Visions of Sugar What? Peanut Butter Pleasure Cookies
Tammy I LOVE your story of trying to make these cookies for us. Cookie Gods and our Wards are what life is all about. ~Jeanette
Jeanette recently posted…Christmas Home Tour, 12 days of Christmas, Holiday Home Tour
haha Thanks Jeanette…Yes…it is what life is all about. I’m so glad you stopped by! So much fun doing the cookie exchange! 😀
Oh my goodness! These look scrumptious! My hubby is a huge cookie and peanut butter fan and I know that he would adore these!
Paula@SweetPea recently posted…Vintage Lynchburg Holiday Sale 2013
Thank you Paula! We fell in love with these! Thank you for stopping by!
How nice to have a cookie exchange. I posted a cookie recipe today, too. It’s that time of year. Looking forward to checking them all out. What a fun week. Thank you.
Dana@chocolateandsunshine recently posted…Chocolate Time!/Phyllo Dough Cookies Drizzled with Chocolate
Dana, Yes…this was a really neat idea…I can’t take credit for the idea…just glad I’m involved. I’m going to check your recipe out…sounds wonderful! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful week!
Oh, Tammy – what a story! The did turn out marvelously – I just finished making and photographing mine (published Wednesday) I will be working tomorrow and today was the only chance! So, I know how it is! LOVE the photos – beautifully styled and wonderfully put together! – as well as delicious!
Kathy
Kathy recently posted…Christmas Tea by the Tree
hahaha…Thanks Kathy. This is such a fun tour! Thanks for stopping by! 😀 Have a wonderful week…I can’t wait to see yours!
Oh my goodness Tammy! You are one funny, talented, never-give-up kinda gal! I love it! And the cookies sounds simply scrumptious! I’ll take mine with a mai tai on the side please 🙂
cheers
Therese @ Fresh Idea Studio recently posted…How to wrap a Beautiful Gift on the cheap
One Mai Tai coming up! I’m so glad you joined the tour…so much fun. Have an awesome day!
Oh my gosh, Tammy! I laughed so hard!!!! This post is better than any cookie no matter how much better than sex it is!!!! WHAT FUN! Your stand-in cookie looks delicious too! And I love that God and you have a cookie making thing going on!!!! So funny!
lol…Thank you. I had fun making these…even if I said I didn’t. I love this cookie exchange idea…too cute. I can’t wait to see all the recipes…there were some really awesome ones today! Have a wonderful week! 😀
These look really good, Tammy!!
Jennifer @ Town and Country Living recently posted…Create a Quick and Easy Christmas Banner!
Thanks Jennifer…they were wonderful. I’m so glad you stopped by! Have a wonderful week!
Oh, Tammy! I love ya! I am the world’s worst at burning cookies and bread/rolls for dinner. I get easily distracted and I swear the ringer on the oven doesn’t ring! I am a big peanut butter junkie. Can’t wait to try these! ~Christy
Christy @ Our Southern Home recently posted…Simple Party Planning with Walgreens Holiday Guide
LOL….sometimes I feel so ALONE! Good to know I’m not. The timer on the oven would probably work better for me…if I would just USE it! haha. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week! 😀
Oh you had me laughing out loud at this! That’s a recipe with some history- and they look divine
Cheers!
Christina
haha…they’ve got history alright…but with my family…there is always a story! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!
LOVED your post, Tammy! Isn’t that the way it goes sometimes? I’m so glad it worked out in the end. Those cookies look divine and they have me hankering for some right now. Gotta try this! Thanks for hanging in there and sharing!
Julie {Lilacs & Longhorns} recently posted…A Family Favorite Recipe – Virtual Cookie Exchange
Thanks Julie…I’m pretty stubborn! lol It becomes a vendetta! Have an awesome week!
I’ve done the exact same thing when baking cookies Tammy. I’m glad you had success in the end. They look great and I bet ghey taste amazing as well.
Kerryane @ Shabby Art Boutique recently posted…Simply Christmas Guest Post – Best Butter Tart Recipe Ever!
Thanks Kerryane! It makes me feel better to know that I’m not alone in the world of distractions! lol Have a wonderful Week!
Tammy, your post was hilarious! I remember you posting on FB about going out in the cold. This is what you were doing, right? Your cookies look delicious and they would go over big at my house!
Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads recently posted…Christmas on the Front Porch 2013
hahaha. I’m sure it was. I don’t remember yesterday…much less that far back. But, I’m sure I was griping about it! lol Thanks Jane…I’m so glad you stopped by! Have a wonderful Week.
Hey Tammy!!! Great name, great cookie!
xx
Kelly recently posted…Vino Vinti – Better Wine Every Time
Awe…Thanks Kelly! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 😀
They look yummy! You’re too funny! It’s been so much fun to be a part of this Cookie Exchange with you! Merry Christmas!
Leslie @ House on the Way recently posted…Peanut Butter S’mores ~ Christmas Cookie Recipes
Thanks Leslie! I’ve had a blast. You have a Merry Christmas too!
Ha! I have a nut-free cookie on the cookie exchange, but I may have to make these for hubs as he goes crazy for chocolate and PB together! Thanks for sharing!
Mrs Major Hoff (sara) recently posted…Homemade Salted Caramel Crunchy Toffee Squares (Nut free!)
Aww….I hope he likes them…Have a great week!
These look really good Tammy! It was an honor to be in the exchange with you! Have a very Merry Christmas! 🙂
Laura @ Inspiration for Moms recently posted…Holiday Home Tour 2013 + {DIY} Glitter Reindeer
Laura, Thank you so much! I really love the cookie exchange…lots of wonderful cookies! Have a great week!