All Hallows Faves
Posted
Tue, 10/23/07
I typically awaken around four in the morning. I find the time peaceful and productive, although because of it I'm often in bed by ten o'clock at night.
This morning, rather than inhale a pot of coffee and tend to my writing, I decided it was time to whip up some autumn goodies.
Before the crack of dawn, the kitchen was awash with the tantalizing aromas of pumpkin and peanut butter as I baked separate batches of Pumpkin Cookies and Peanut Butter Cookies. Each array yielded two dozen apiece, although I had to make do without ginger for the pumpkin cookies as there was none to be had in the cupboard. I also halved the pumpkin recipe and minimized the sugar quantity.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Best peanut butter cookie recipe of all time!
1/2 C oleo (butter), melted
Melt butter in a saucepan. In a large bowl, mix butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar. In another bowl, combine and sift the following:
Gradually blend flour mixture into peanut butter mixture. Mix until smooth. Scoop one tablespoon of mixture and shape into walnut-sized ball. Arrange dough 3" apart on a cookie sheet lightly coated with non-stick cooking spray. Using a fork, flatten each ball by making a criss-cross pattern with a fork dipped in flour. Bake at 375-degrees F for ten to twelve minutes. Allow to cool before removing cookies from cookie sheet. Recipe makes two dozen. Tip: Shorter cooking time will produce softer cookies.
Note from Shenanchie: Peanut Butter Cookies was the first recipe I learned to make as a child. It came from a Rock Springs, Wyoming community cookbook which my mother obtained in the late 1960s. The cover of the cookbook is now missing and the pages are tattered and stained with foodstuff from so much use, but it remains a valuable little gem. The Peanut Butter Cookie recipe was credited to Ann Zueck.
While I was at it, I organized the spice cupboards. Many of the herbs and spices – both savory and sweet – were mixed up together so I separated them into their rightful places. That's how I discovered I was out of ginger – something else for the shopping list.
Along those lines, the following are more of my favorite Halloween recipes from the past:
They don't sound too bad in the present, either . . .
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