You visit Sonlight's blog for three reasons:
- The wit
- The profound insights
- My recipes
You don't come here for recipes?
Probably because I don't have many recipes and the few I do have I seldom share. But today, while trying to come up with something to blog about, I pulled out a peanut butter sugar cookie and started munching.
I Made This Cookie and I ate it too
Fun? Check.
Tasty? Check.
Easy to do? Check.
Homeschool related? Check.
Perfect blog fodder? Check.
These cookies take 20 minutes from start to finish. And I don't mean in the traditional cooking show way of: 20 minutes if you have everything prepped in those little bowls and the oven on and you don't need to look at the directions. I mean, 20 minutes from when you think, 'I think I'll make some cookies,' to when you can be munching. My kind of 20 minutes.
Step 1: Turn on your oven to 375°
Step 2: Mix 1cup peanut butter, 1cup sugar, 1tsp vanilla and 1 egg (a mixing machine makes this even easier)
Step 3: Form into balls on cookie sheet
Step 3b: (optional) Use fork to make pretty lines on cookies
Step 3c: (optional) Sprinkle sugar on top if a 1:1 ratio isn't good enough for ya
Step 4: Bake for 9 minutes
Step 5: Remove and let cool
Step 6: Eat a limited quantity ***this is the hardest part***
This is a great activity for the whole family (assuming you don't have a peanut sensitivity). You can discuss what happens when you heat sugar, the microbe-killing effect of cooking eggs, the importance of a healthy diet, displacement when force is applied to matter, and even the calming nature of a good snack. Chemistry, biology, dietetics, physics and sociology--not to mention cookies--in 20 minutes?
Not bad for a Friday afternoon.
~Luke Holzmann
Filmmaker, Writer, Surrogate Father
[...] Other potential sources of inspiration: Our church is putting on an art show later this month. The Christmas pageant is coming up. Maybe it's time to introduce your children to the joy of baking a chocolate pie... or at least tasty 20 minute cookies. [...]
[...] longer, I try to find something that I can feel successful doing. It can be something simple (like baking quick and easy cookies), or educational (such as learning to code), or personally gratifying (like tinkering with one of [...]
I've never tried those cookies with almond butter, but I probably should someday. Good point, Cherish!
~Luke
If someone has peanut allergies, they could always use almond butter (unless they also have an allergy to tree nuts).
Happy to help, Tammy! Hope the cookies are a hit <smile>.
Mrs. C, the sacrifices you make for your children... it brings tears to my eyes <smile>. I do have a no-bake cookie recipe that doesn't include egg... maybe I'll post that another time.
~Luke
It isn't egg free! Woodjie's allergic! I will have to eat his share. Sorry, Woodj. :)
Really? That's all there is to that recipe? My oldest has been dx w/celiac disease and I always wish I had more options for him to nibble on when he comes home for a visit... GF options that don't cost an arm and a leg! I'll try these the next time! Thanks, Luke!
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~