Processed Cookies

I rarely use kitchen gadgets for my recipes, but I got lazy the other day. I didn't feel like doing tons of dishes so I decided to make an experimental batch of peanut butter cookies in the food processor. I combined my basic shortbread and peanut butter cookie recipes. The result? An easy peasy cookie that takes about 15 minutes of work the night before and about 15 minutes in the morning (the perfect amount of time for a quick shower).

The trick to the perfect texture is 1) a food processor and 2) processed peanut butter.


Processed Cookies
makes 24

125 g butter (1/2 cup)
100 g sugar (1/2 cup)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
125 g peanut butter (1/2 cup)
130 g flour (1 cup)
40 g cornstarch (1/4 cup)


1 Process the butter until it's in pieces
2 Add the sugar, salt and vanilla and process until smooth
3 Add the peanut butter and process until smooth
4 Add the flour and cornstarch and process until smooth
5 Turn the dough out on a counter and form into a lumpy sort of log, it should be very soft
6 Wrap the log in plastic wrap and form into a smoother log, then put in the fridge overnight or until chilled through
7 Preheat oven to 325 F
8 Remove dough from the fridge and roll it back and forth on the counter a few times before taking off the plastic. This will help prevent crumbliness when you slice it
9 Slice into 24 (or more or less!) coins and bake 10-12 minutes or until they are lightly golden at the edges

There's nothing like an easy cookie recipe to handle emergency cookie situations. The best part of this recipe is that you can freeze the log of cookie dough so you always have some on hand. Just take it out to thaw the night before!