Currently baking out of Great Cookies by Carole Walter
I’m a nut snob. No lowly little peanuts for me! Give me almonds or cashews. So why did I pick this recipe? A peanut butter cookie that is filled with a peanut butter filling and rolled in chopped peanuts? One little hyphenated word.
No-bake.
That’s right, this is a no-bake cookie. With summer’s heat beating at the windows, any excuse to make cookies without turning on the oven is welcome.
These little guys start out with a filling of peanut butter, powdered sugar, graham crackers and butter. The filling is formed into balls, dipped in melted semisweet chocolate and rolled in chopped peanuts. They are as easy as it sounds. Unfortunately, they didn’t taste as good as they sounded.
Although I halved the recipe (who needs 50 of these just sitting around the house, begging to be eaten?), I ended up using the full amount of peanut butter to get them to taste like peanut butter. I thought there was way too much sugar in the filling and will cut it down dramatically next time. Also, the filling was kind of dry. In the end, I thought these were just okay.
Oh my..you are such a temptress of sugary delights. I must turn away…must fight the desire…must turn away……
They sound and look delicious. Very surprising that they didn’t live up to expectations. I love PNB. I find that if a PNB recipe doesn’t knock your sox off with the taste of those yummy little nuts, then it will lose my interest quickly. I use melting chocolate for Christmas cookies and wonder if that would be a good dipping chocolate for these. It might make them too rich but I’m not crazy about semisweet. Since they’re so easy, maybe they would be a good trial for a beginner! LOL