The holidays are often a time of rushing around to get things done. I wanted to create a peanut butter cookie recipe that was simple but more sophisticated than my Easy Low Sugar Peanut Butter Cookies. I came across Gluten Free Cafe All Purpose Flour at my local Walmart. It contained sorghum flour which I know adds great texture and chew to gluten free baked goods. I searched the internet and realized that this flour had no recipes created using it that I could easily find. I took this as a challenge to make a few tasty cookie recipes with this awesome blend. I made these easy peanut butter cookies and Gluten Free Italian Anise cookies as well. Both exceeded my expectations on the first try. I am excited to try this flour in more recipes and see how well it turns out. This flour bend works very well for cookies and I will be using it as long as the price stays low (four bucks for two pounds!). I tend to use the least expensive ingredients that I can find and usually do not use premade flour blends because of high prices. I was extremely happy to find such a good deal on Gluten Free Cafe All Purpose Flour and that it worked better than some of the more expensive blends I have tried. If you cannot find this blend, I would try another blend that contains sorghum flour as an ingredient.
- 3 cups Gluten Free Cafe All Purpose Flour (or other sorghum containing blend)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 sticks of softened butter
- 1½ cup white sugar
- ¾ cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup good quality peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1½ tsp of vanilla extract
- In a medium sized bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl mix butter and both sugars and vanilla until creamy about 2 minutes.
- Mix in peanut butter and eggs.
- Slowly mix in flour mixture until well combined.
- Drop cookies by the tablespoonful onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Flatten with fork to make crisscross pattern.
- Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Center will be soft and edges will be just beginning to turn golden.
- Let cool before moving to containers or your mouth.