The other day I logged into my Facebook account and discovered a link my cousin sent me, which was to a peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie recipe. The first thing I saw when I clicked on the link:
(Click for the original site)
Naturally, my reaction upon seeing this was:
(On a side note: isn’t Tina Fey simply magnificent?)
The blog Averie Cooks posted the recipe, along with some stunning pictures such as the one above. They just so happen to be gluten-free, because there’s no flour. (For those of you who question the concept of flourless bakery items: they are AMAZING. Even if you aren’t gluten-free, cake and cookies made without flour are so rich and dense)
An example of flourless chocolate cake, for any nonbelievers. Consider yourself converted.
So, I went to there.
The ingredients are very simple- peanut butter, brown sugar, an egg, vanilla, baking soda, and chocolate chunks/chips.
I deviated from the directions by using all-natural peanut butter (from Trader Joe’s, of course), and I used chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks. The recipe warns that using all-natural peanut butter will make the cookies thin and flat, but mine were anything but. I’m sure the chocolate chunks would make the cookies even more chocolaty, but I had chocolate chips on hand instead.
The cookies came out of the oven still in the ball shape they were originally placed in, so I had to squish them down with a fork (refer to the original recipe saying they would get too flat). But overall they were very good.
Here’s the original post:
That picture of the cookies looks very delicious! Are these the ones you gave to me to try? If so, then I can attest to the fact that they are incredibly yummy.
Also, your humor throughout your blog posts is great. Keep up the fabulous work!
Thanks for trying my recipe and it’s interesting how some people have flatter cookies with natural PB but yours are anything but. That’s great to know! Thanks for trying the recipe & linking back!
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Yummm! Who doesn’t like cookies and plus without gluten!!!
These look great! i put a post on my blog with cookies like this but these look so good especially since they are healthier! I thought the pictures were great and really helped get peoples attention! i love this and I plan on trying the recipe soon! (: