Ohhh yeah, these are pretty fabulous. I took the advice of some reviewers and fiddled with the amount of baking soda: I used 1 1/2 tsp of soda, and 1/2 tsp of baking powder. I also put in a tsp of vanilla and used salted butter instead of unsalted. But I'm pretty sure this recipe is outstanding as is. The 8-10 minutes is dead-on correct. Follow the instructions and let the cookies cool on the sheet a good 5-8 minutes before removing them to a wire rack; they need to set before being handled. These cookies will most definitely be made again! (and again, and again...)

Reviewed On: Dec. 6, 2009

Exactly the peanut buttery cookie I was looking for!!!! I only made one change: I used 1 c white sugar and 1 c brown sugar, instead of 2 c white sugar. Yummy! Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing with this recipe. FYI: If you use all-natural peanut butter, which I did, there's PLENTY of oil in the batter (in my case, a little puddle of it at the bottom of the mixing bowl by the time the last batch went in the oven), so you don't need to grease the cookie sheets. And because of all the oil, you really do need the 2 tsp baking soda, so don't cut that amount.

Reviewed On: Jun. 22, 2009

Unlike most reviewers here, I did NOT grow up eating this. (I grew up in Detroit, and never even had spam until this recipe.) When I first opened the can of spam, I have to admit, I was doubtful I could get over the ick-factor of it all. But I kept an open mind, followed all the directions (except I used brown rice instead of white, and I marinated overnight instead of for 5 minutes), and WOW! was I surprised. This is honestly the most tasty thing I can imagine spam turning into. I would definitely make this again. This would be especially good if you have young kids who like to help in the kitchen. They can help with the assembly. They'll have fun hand-molding the rice "loaves" and wrapping the nori ribbons around the little bundles. I sliced the spam into 15 slices, and that was perfect for the amount of rice.

Reviewed On: Nov. 18, 2008