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Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies ( only 3 ingredients )

May 2, 2020

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Hey, hey, hey ! How are we holding up in the midst of pandemic ? In this unprecedented time I know it’s tough for most of us. Businesses are temporarily close and a lot are unemployed. For us moms, aside from taking the teacher hat we are spending a LOT of our time in the kitchen. Since it’s not just easy to go grocery shopping, sometimes we just want to use what we already have for a quick mid day snacks for the family.

Sharing to you guys Peanut Butter Cookies, using only 3 ingredients. They call this Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies. Watch the video down below. There is also a printable recipe instructions in this post.

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Enjoy it guys! I promised it’s delicious and you can also have your kids join you to make it. A good training ground for little bakers.

5 from 3 votes

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

Super easy peanut butter cookies using only 3 ingredients!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F . Stir the ingredients together until smooth.
Scoop 1/2 tbsp of the mixture and roll it into a ball. Put it on a parchment paper or professional baking mat. Make sure they are 2 inches apart as this will spread a little.
Press down with the back of the fork and then press again from the opposite direction, like a criss-cross pattern on top.
Bake it for 12 mins. Don't over cook! Let it cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to finish cooling.

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Thank you so much for your time and I hope you enjoy the cookies, let me know your feedback below !

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The Classic Walnut Snowball Cookies Recipe

December 9, 2016

April Kus

6 Comments

One of the most common tradition of every American families during the Holiday season, is making cookies ! I am a Filipino, we don’t have snow in the Philippines that’s why we don’t make snowball cookies there. Alright, kidding aside. I was introduce to this tradition when I got married to my husband Steve.

On our first holiday together as husband and wife, my mom-in-law, me and Steve made all kinds of cookies that day. One of my favorite is the snowball cookies. Aside that it’s delicious, it is also easy to make. Before we had kids, I don’t care about it so much. For me at that time, it is just cookies. I didn’t realize that it is more than just having cookies in the house, it is more like a bonding that you do with your family during the holidays. It didn’t sink in to me yet until I have kids myself and I want to continue that tradition to them. I think it’s really cool.

We really enjoyed this bonding together as a family. Especially, when Steve is the one leading the team on this. He doesn’t really cook or bake cakes, but he can bake good cookies.

So today, we are sharing one of our holiday favorites. Snowball cookies with walnuts! If you are allergic to nuts, just omit it and it still tasted good. But, If you want me to be honest with you, I personally prefer with walnuts. Some people used all kinds of nuts, one of the most popular ones are pecans. You can use that one too.

I hope you will enjoy this simple recipe as much we do. It is so easy to make and it is such a fun activity to do with the family most especially during the holiday season!

5 from 1 vote

Classic Walnut Snowball Cookies Recipe

A traditional classic holiday cookie that is loved by everyone all over the world. Our family holiday tradition won't be complete without Snowball cookies !

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Ingredients

1 cup butter 1/2 lb or 2 sticks
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/4 tsp. salt

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degree F.
2. Cream the butter and mix it with 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar and vanilla.
3. Mix in the sifted flour,walnuts and salt.
4. Mix all the ingredients until it forms into a dough like consistency.
5. Roll about 1 tbs. of dough into a ball and place it on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 15 minutes until bottoms are golden brown. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown. It's better to undercook them rather than overcook them.
7. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners sugar.
8. Once they have cooled, roll them in confectioner sugar again.

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