Peanut Butter Cookie Knots Recipes

CLASSIC PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars together in a bowl; beat in eggs.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir into butter mixture. Put dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Roll dough into 1 inch balls and put on baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a crisscross pattern. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown.

PEANUT BUTTER & COOKIE KNOTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm buttermilk. In a large bowl, combine eggs, butter, sugar, salt, yeast mixture and 2 cups flour; beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 16 portions. Roll each into 12x4-in. rectangle. Spread 1 rectangle with 1/4 cup peanut butter to within 1/2 in. of edges; sprinkle with 1/3 cup crushed Oreos. Top with another rectangle of dough. Pinch around edges to seal., Using a sharp knife, cut rectangle lengthwise in half; carefully turn each half cut side up. Loosely twist strips around each other, keeping cut surfaces facing up. Shape into a ring, pinching ends together to seal. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough, peanut butter and crushed Oreos. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 350°. Brush rolls with beaten egg. Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on pans on wire racks for 30 minutes., Combine confectioners' sugar and milk; drizzle over cooled rolls. Sprinkle with sea salt and, if desired, additional crushed Oreos.

SUPER-EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients with large spoon until well blended.
• Roll into 24 balls; place, 4 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten with fork.
• Bake 20 min. or until lightly browned. (Do not overbake.)
• Cool 5 min. on baking sheets; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.

IMPOSSIBLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg together until smooth.
• Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheet two inches apart. If desired, roll in extra sugar before placing on cookie sheet.
• Press with fork; press again in opposite direction.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Do not brown; do not over bake.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to low center position. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Place peanuts in a food processor and pulse until the texture of bread crumbs. Set aside.
• In bowl of electric mixer or by hand, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping sides as necessary. Then beat in crunchy peanut butter until fully incorporated, followed by eggs and vanilla. Gently stir dry ingredients into peanut butter mixture. Fold in ground peanuts just until incorporated.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop dough onto sheet in spoonfuls a little bigger than a golf ball, about two inches apart. Dip a fork in cold water and then press the back into dough, repeating to make a crisscross.
• Bake until cookies are puffed and slightly brown along edges, but not top, 11 to 12 minutes. They will not look completely baked. Cool cookies on cookie sheet until set, about 3 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.

PEANUT BUTTER KNOCKOUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine cookie mix, contents of peanut butter packet from mix and whole egg in large bowl.
• Stir until thoroughly bleded.
• Shape dough into 36 (about 1 inch) balls.
• Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
• Combine cream cheese, peanut butter, egg yolk sugar and salt in medium bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until blended.
• Stir in mini choc.
• chips, if desired.
• Fill center of each cookie with rounded teaspoonful of filling.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets.
• Remove to cooling racks.
• Cool completely.
• Place chocolate chips and shortening in small resealable plastic bag; seal, place bag in bowl of hot water for several minutes.
• Dry bag with towel, Kneed bag until contents are blended and chocolate is smooth.
• Snip a tiny hole in corner of bag.
• (I just stick a toothpick and make a little hole) Drizzle contents over cookies.
• Allow drizzle to set before storing cookies between layers of waxed paper--ps.
• I usually just microwave the choc.
• and save some time and drizzle over cookies.