“You Only Live Once” Peanut Butter Cookies October 2, 2008
Posted by Teresa in : Dessert , trackbackThe title comes from my good friend Liesa, who often says “you only live once” whenever a discussion comes up about whether or not some yummy thing should be eaten! I got the recipe from 101cookbooks.com. 
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour, best-for-bread flour, spelt flour, or unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
- 1 cup organic, chunky natural peanut butter (the “just peanuts” kind, no added sugar)
- 1 cup maple syrup (yum!)
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1+1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used the cheap stuff, but I bet the real expensive stuff would be better)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place racks in the top third.
In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. in a separate larger bowl combine the peanut butter, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla. Stir until combined. Pour the flour mixture over the peanut butter mixture and stir until barely combined – still a bit dusty looking. Let sit for five minutes, give one more quick stir, just a stroke or two. Now drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets (I used my Pampered Chef baking stone, no parchment paper). Press down on each one gently with the back of a fork. It’s a loose batter, so if you’re set on doing criss-crosses, go ahead and chill the batter for an hour or so before this step. Bake for 10, maybe 11 minutes – but don’t over bake or they will be dry. Let cool five minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. They will be moist and delicious!
Make 2 – 3 dozen cookies.
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