Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies are light as air, not too sweet, and full of peanut butter flavor. They're perfect for sharing at the holidays as well as year round.

I've often written fondly about how my mother would turn our house into a cookie making factory at the holidays. It sometimes seemed like every surface in our home was covered in cooling cookies. I could never imagine going through all that trouble now, but I don't have nearly as many people in my life as she did.

What was so remarkable about it was the spirit of generosity. She wasn't selling the cookies, she was just making them to share with other people, to bring them joy. What kind of world would we create if we were all willing to give more energy to creating joy for others? I think that's a world I'd like to live in.

What makes these cookies so awesome?

These crunchy peanut butter cookies are a cookie jar classic. They're light and crisp instead of chewy. They almost have the snap of a British biscuit, but they're not as dense. The peanut butter brings a hint of salt to balance out the sweetness. You'll find yourself reaching for just one more every fifteen minutes or so.

These are a simple cookie to bake as well. Cookies don't always need to be elaborate. Something straightforward but delicious is just as good. I recently made these for my last ever work meeting, and I definitely made a favorable departing impression. Everyone exclaimed at how light and crunchy they were. You've gotta give them a try.

Magical Properties of Peanut Butter

Peanuts, and by extension, peanut butter are ruled by the planet Jupiter and carry masculine or projective energy. It's used to draw in wealth, prosperity, and new opportunities. Peanuts also grow underground, so they can be used in grounding and stability spells. Use peanut butter in a spell where you want things to hold together. You could also carve sigils or symbols into the peanut butter on your sandwich before putting the other piece of bread on to add some extra manifesting energy to your lunch.

For more on the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, check the Kitchen Magick page.

Tips for making Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies

These cookies come together much like any other cookie, by creaming together butter and sugar, then mixing in vegetable oil, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla. We then mix in our dry ingredients. This is a very sticky cookie dough, so you definitely want to chill it before baking.

I use a cookie scoop to portion out my cookie dough, leaving plenty of space for the cookies to spread. You'll flatten out your balls of dough and make the distinctive cross hatch pattern by simply pressing a fork into each dough ball two times. Cross the lines at a 90-degree angle. If you find the dough is sticking to the fork, I put a spoonful of flour into a small dish and dip my fork into the flour between each cookie.

You'll then bake these for about 15 minutes. Remember, these are crunchy cookies, but you also don't want burned cookies. They will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a few minutes after you take them out of the oven. Then just let them cool on a wire rack and store in an air tight contaienr.

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies are one of my all time favorites. I hope they become a favorite of yours as well.

Looking for more awesome cookie recipes? Try these Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies or some No-Fail Sugar Cookies.

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Recipe adapted from I'm Just Here for More Food by Alton Brown.

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