Peanut butter cookie is a classic American dessert cookie made with peanut butter, first made in the 1930s. Traditional peanut butter cookie is in fact the irresistible brown, sweet crispy cookie criss-crossed with fork marks.
Peanut butter Cookies are generally served as a snack. The key ingredients used for preparing these cookies are baking powder, salt, flour, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, shortening, vanilla and egg. Peanutbutter Cookies can be garnished with whipped cream if desired or served with milk in breakfast. Chocolate chips can also be added to these cookies. Variations in Peanutbutter Cookie recipes include Peanutbutter Oatmeal Cookies and Peanutbutter Chocolate Chip Cookies.
History of the Peanut Butter Cookie
The crumbly sweet Peanut Butter Cookie which is a hot favorite of young and old alike, has been first conceptualized by G. W. Carver, agricultural extension educator, who suggested recipe for the peanut cookies with crushed peanut in his article - How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption in 1916. The inclusion of peanut butter in the peanut cookie recipes was done much later, in the 1920s.
Ingredients and Method of Preparation of Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies are made by baking. A 1923 edition of Pillsbury's Balanced Recipe contains instructions for pressing the cookie dough with fork for convenience of fast cooking.
Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookie recipes include peanut butter, which is said to be highly nutritious with a large percentage of protein. However, they are not advisable for consumption for people who’d want to undergo reduction in weight or for whom high energy diets are not suitable.