My first blog and peanut butter cookies!

Here I am world! Finally taking to my first blog! "Why NOT try this out?" I thought. I have adventures, thoughts, things to share and log for the future. So I'm gonna try this out-share my love of baking and what I'm learning as I go along, the adventures with my friends and family, my daily walk. My current quest is to try and be more adventurous in my baking. Try new things. I'm even trying to make some new recipes. My cookies are what I tinker with the most, and I'm proud to say that my "boys" at home aren't usually disappointed. By "my boys" I mean my husband Clint and son Jonethan. Infact just last weekend I made the most fantastic peanut butter cookies. The kind that are so delicate and rare that you have to eat them the same day, by day #2 they just aren't as good. I made a few small ones, but learned that making some the size of my palm was way better.

Here's my recipe:
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
**Yes at this point you CAN just ball them up and bake, but that's not all that fun is it? So I took a big ol chocolate bar (the kind you can get at Smiths for a buck sometimes) and chopped up half of it. I don't like using store-bought chocolate chips much, they seem impersonal when I can make them. So any time it calls for chips, I'll chop up a whole bar. A good rough chop nothing to uniform and size of the chunks is a personal preference. (plus this way you get MILK chocolate in your cookie)
So I have my chocolate chunks to mix in-
And 1/2 cup of oats. I love oats in cookies & just gives them a little texture with this amount.

Mixed all together and I'm ready to scoop! Yes more and other things can be added but for now the peanut butter and chocolate sounded so good. I wanted peanuts but had none at home
I have a little cookie scoop that I got a wallyworld for 5 bucks that I ADORE, and I'm certain it has prompted me to make cookies, more often. After I have my little cookie dough scooped, I roll the ball in sugar before putting it on the pan. I used a "well seasoned" non-stick pan and didn't have any problems removing them. The dough is pretty dry and if you're making the big ones, shape them and try and lay them tops and bottoms in the sugar before placing them on the pan.
This made 28 small cookie bites, they didn't spread at all so press them down a bit. And 2 large palm-size cookies. Less than 10 minutes to bake, ovens vary, so watch them- you don't want to burn their little sugar butts.

Hey what do you know? I've made my first blog! Wow! And not too bad, I'm sure this will morph into more as I learn more about how to do this whole thing. But for now I'm proud of it.
Until I bake again-
Alicia