Yummy-Yummy to my Tummy

I love to cook.

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Love it!

When I cook I enjoy the process of making it just as much as I love eating it.

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My cute mama was a Home Ec. teacher- so I grew up with my very own personal teacher and have enjoyed cooking my entire life.

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I like to try a new recipe and if I love it, I stash it in my 3 ring binder that has become a very sloppy cookbook over the years.

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I love my sloppy cookbook.

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It's full of recipes ripped out of magazines, jotted down on the back of an envelope or printed from foodnetwork.com. One day I will make it look pretty and organized, maybe.

I can tell the recipes I especially love in my cookbook because they are speckled with grease stains or other various spots.

I will post some of my favorite recipes every once in a while.

As far as cookies goes, this is one of my favorite.

Peanut Butter with chocolate chunks- what's not to love...
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~Peanut Butter Cookies~

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar(plus more later for sprinkling)
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup chocolate chips
(I only had a big block of chocolate so I chopped it up and it worked great!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, the baking powder, and the salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the butter and the peanut butter together until fluffy. Add the sugars and beat until smooth. Add the egg and mix well. Add the milk and the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat thoroughly. Stir in the chips.

Place sprinkling sugar on a plate. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls into the sugar, then onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion. Using a fork, lightly indent with a crissscross pattern (I used a spoon to keep it smooth on top), but do not overly flatten cookies.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake. Cookies may appear to be underdone, but they are not.

Cool the cookies on the sheets for 1 minute, then remove to a rack to cool completely.


Because it's just the 2 of us I usually package some up to give away... otherwise, I would eat ALL of them! Sometimes I have extra dough and not enough time to cook it all. When that happens I like to lay it out on plastic wrap and roll it out like a thick snake... wrap it up, stick it in the fridge or freezer and voila it's ready to slice up and cook any time. BUT- most of the time when I do that I end up eating all the dough.

They are so, so good!

Enjoy!

PS... My amazing husband has been giving me photography lessons... thanks baby!