Monday, August 23, 2010

Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies with Chocolate Frosting



I'm not usually a fan of peanut butter cookies, but Jacob loves them. He loves any kind of cookie. So, fine. Peanut butter it is. I took a basic peanut butter cookie recipe and added pecans to the batter, and frosting to the cookies after they had baked and cooled. I LOVE them

For the Cookies:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
-1/2 cup chopped pecans
- granulated sugar, or sugar in the raw for dusting

Directions:
Cream together butter and peanut butter. Add granulated and brown sugar, baking soda and baking powder. Beat until combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in pecans and flour. If necessary, cover and chill dough until easy to handle.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll into additional sugar to coat. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet flatten by making crisscross marks with the tings of a fork. Bake at 375 for 7 to 9 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

For Frosting:
- 1 cube butter
- 3 cups-ish of powdered sugar
- a little milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 to 3 tablespoons coco powder (to taste)

Directions:
Blend butter and powdered sugar together, add milk to desired consistency. Add vanilla and coco powder. Spread over cooled cookies.

2 comments:

  1. Love this idea for frosting peanut butter cookies. will have to try!

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