If you don’t like peanut butter … well that’s just wrong … but also you won’t like this post much either.
We’ve long been fans of Alton Brown and “Good Eats” … even saw his stage show in PDX a few years ago.
Brown’s take on cooking and food is unique and always entertaining. Check out his YouTube channel.
As the days at home stretch out, you might be looking for a treat and this recipe has five ingredients, is quick, flourless and full of peanut goodness. Enjoy!
Alton Brown's Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 268 g smooth peanut butter
- 120 g brown sugar
- 120 g white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream peanut butter together with sugar(s) until fully incorporated.
- Add egg, soda, vanilla, and salt. Beat until smooth.
- With a 1 ½ Tbsp scoop (1 oz), measure and transfer balls of dough to cookie sheet. Leave 2 to 3 inches of space - that is 8 dough balls on each sheet.
With a fork press to flatten the balls and then slide the fork off, first in one direction and then 90º to those indents to create the classic cross hatch pattern.
- Place both sheets roughly in center of oven and bake for 5 minutes. Turn the pans and bake an additional 5 minutes (10 minutes total).
Cool on sheets for 5 minutes and transfer to racks. Allow to cool completely before storing in cookie jar.
Notes
Here is the YouTube video with Alton making these cookies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nalyEGpuSs&t=0s
A huge favorite of mine!