It's day three of the Christmas Countdown Cookie Advent Calendar for 2021. Peanut butter cookies are such a classic that we couldn't resist adding them to the countdown. We also added a chocolate glaze to sweeten things up a bit.
Makes: ~15 cookies Best served: Fresh
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 8 minutes or until golden brown
This peanut butter cookie is different from the other cookies out there. We use honey instead of regular sugar. This gives the cookies a more natural sweetness without the typical sugar being overwhelming. It is such a delicious and simple recipe. We drizzled the top with chocolate syrup for an extra bit of flair.
Peanut butter cookies typically have a 1:1:1 ratio. 1 cup peanut butter to 1 cup sugar to 1 egg. That ratio is amazing, however, we raise our own chickens because we can't eat store-bought eggs. So, we can't afford to put eggs in everything. I found a way to make peanut butter cookies without the eggs. Honey! Honey gives the sweetness needed in peanut butter cookies and acts as a binder to keep the cookies together.
Honey does cook faster than regular sugar and eggs. Once put in the oven the honey will soften. After a while, it will be very thin and liquidy at this point it will start to caramelize and the color will darken the longer it is cooked.
Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter, chunky or creamy
3/4 cup of honey
Optional
1/4 -1/3c of Simply Chocolate Syrup, chilled
(depends on how much you drizzle over the top of the cookies)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix the honey and peanut butter together in a bowl or mixer. Make sure it is entirely combined.
Grab about a tablespoon worth of batter and roll into a ball then place on a cookie sheet. Don't flatten the cookies because they spread a bit in the oven.
Bake for about 8-10 minutes.
Remember there are no eggs in this recipe, so they don't need to bake for a long time. Looking at the picture (I ran out of parchment paper, lol) of the cookie on a baking tray, the bottom has a darker brown color. This is okay! The honey has simply been caramelized. This cookie was cooked for about 12-15 minutes.
When you take the cookies out of the oven, they will be shiny and very soft. Don't worry they will harden as they cool down.
Place the cookies on a baking tray. Put something under the tray to catch the extra chocolate. I used a paper plate.
Wait for the cookies to completely cool before drizzling the chocolate over them. Otherwise, none of the chocolate will stick to the cookie.
Drizzle the chocolate over the cookies in small amounts. Wait for each layer to settle and harden a bit before continuing on to the next layer. Continue layering to your liking
Enjoy!
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