Sheldon Martin wrote:
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> Back when I baked peanut butter cookies there were no peanut butter
> chips, I added chopped and whole peanuts. I used to prefer those
> Spanish peanuts with the brown skin still attached, in fact I still
> prefer them, they have a more pronounced peanut flavor.
when making peanut butter cookies with whole peanuts
including the skins (often called redskins here) it was
usually a good idea to use raw peanuts in the recipe,
like when making peanut brittle the uncooked peanuts
can cook a little during the process and don't get so
overdone or abused. however, we hardly ever make
peanut butter cookies any more here so even when we
do now we just use peanut butter and no chunks of
peanuts or raw peanuts in the mix. :(
this is funny though because not having made any
peanut butter cookies for a long time Mom decided to
make some a few weeks ago. but she skimped on the
peanut butter so they're a wimpy version. i may
have to make some peanut butter frosting to put on
them to make them worth eating or just get out the
jar of peanut butter... that's much easier. :)
poor people in Haiti mix Crisco and clay together
and eat it - if you ever have a shitty day think of
that...
songbird