Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2011

OMG this is such a good peanut butter cookie recipe. My family loves them, so soft and delicious!!!! The only thing i did different is instead of using peanuts I used candied pecans and it turned out delicious!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS RECIPE!!!

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melaniethecoffeegir

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2011

This is the peanut butter cookie recipe for us from now on. It make a dense, chewy, almost peanut butter fudgey cookie that is divine. The only changes I made were for convenience sake: I used a jar of crunchy, all natural peanut butter - the kind you mix yourself, and omitted adding the chopped peanuts, and I always bake on parchment, so I omitted greasing the cookie sheets. The dough keeps well in the fridge for days - haven't tried freezing it yet but I will. I now double the recipe because they go so quickly. Definitely chill for a minimum of two hours. I try to chill the dough overnight for greatest ease in handling. It's hard to keep everyone's hands out of the batter bowl, though!

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Karen In CA

Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2011

Great recipe. I made a couple of changes. I doubled the salt and instead of butter I used 1/2 cup shortening and 1/2 cup applesauce. I also didn't add any nuts. They tasted great and plenty moist.

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PENNYFARMER

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2011

Very moist. Will make these again.

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Elizabeth Cox

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Mishawaka, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2011

I would've given this 5 stars for the delicious, most yummy peanuty buttery burst of flavor. No pb cookie has a better, more robust flavor. Unfortunately, these cookies (most of them) were so very soft I could bend them in half & make a sandwich. Plus most very flat. Now I have been baking for years & consider myself an excellent baker. I so much wanted to love these cookies after reading the reviews, and I do love the flavor, but not the texture. The texture ruins it for me--to the point of not wanting to make them again. First I made very small ones(walnut size? Really?? ) and baked 10 min. That batch was rather dry & the bottom was starting to turn dark brown. I normally make all my cookies rather large, so next batch tried making larger at 10min. Those turned flat like pancakes and very soft(bendable). Medium size, hardly pressed with the fork tines at 10 min. looked about the best.

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chanty77

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 4, 2011

These are good cookies, and my kids are gobbling them up, but the texture was a little bit off for me. I used natural peanut butter, and really creamed the butter/peanut butter/sugar, so maybe I over-creamed it. I didn't see any reviews that used natural peanut butter (didn't look extensively), but I will add that natural peanut butter isn't the best option for these.

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cooks4forty

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2011

Very good.

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lisa

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2011

Tried these cookies and my son loved them...but I thought they were to greasy for me..

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Trishla

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Mission, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2011

FLATESS cookies I've ever made!! :(

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SABERNS

Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2011

OK, these are certainly as good as the reviews state. I used a bit less sugar because I always do and I did have trouble that they wanted to stick to my fork while flattening them, so I dipped my fork into powdered sugar and it worked great, leaving no trace on the cookie after baking. We can't stop eating them, they are so addictive. Be sure not to overbake! If they were dry for you.....you very possibly over baked them! I took mine out of the oven b4 I thought they were done and left them on the cookie sheet for a few min. They were perfect!! I will make these over and over!

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