My husband remembered pieces of this poem from when he was little; we looked online and found this gem:
“A Cookie and a Kiss”
A house should have a cookie jar
for when it half past three
And children hurry home from school
as hungry as can be.
There’s nothing quite so splendid
In filling children up
as spicy, fluffy ginger cakes
and sweet milk in a cup.
A house should have a mother
waiting with a hug,
No matter what a boy brings home
a puppy or a bug.
For children only loiter
When the bell rings to dismiss,
If no one’s home to greet them
With a cookie and a kiss.
-Author Unknown
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So here are some super-simple cookies: (pictured above; the recipe is also in my cookbook)
Three-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
1 c. peanut butter
3/4 to 1 c. sugar (I like this better with 3/4 c.)
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease or spray a cookie sheet. Mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg together in a bowl. Drop by heaping spoonful onto the cookie sheet, keeping them two inches apart. Flatten with a fork if you like the crosshatch design that makes. (If you use the lesser amount of sugar, the cookies don't flatten as well on their own; I recommend the fork!) Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms of cookies are browned.
1/2 tsp. vanilla is nice to add.
Make Chocolate-Peanut Butter cookies by mixing 1 melted square of unsweetened chocolate (or1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp. softened butter) into the dough. Use the full cup of sugar. Or stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips for a different form of chocolate.
Peanut Butter and Honey cookies: use 1/2 cup honey instead of the sugar. The cookies will bake up puffier and more cakelike.
Peanut Butter Banana: Mash half a banana with 3/4 c. sugar. Beat in egg, then peanut butter. They'll require a couple extra minutes to cook. These are more cakelike, too, like the honey version.
“A Cookie and a Kiss”
A house should have a cookie jar
for when it half past three
And children hurry home from school
as hungry as can be.
There’s nothing quite so splendid
In filling children up
as spicy, fluffy ginger cakes
and sweet milk in a cup.
A house should have a mother
waiting with a hug,
No matter what a boy brings home
a puppy or a bug.
For children only loiter
When the bell rings to dismiss,
If no one’s home to greet them
With a cookie and a kiss.
-Author Unknown
_________________________________
So here are some super-simple cookies: (pictured above; the recipe is also in my cookbook)
Three-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
1 c. peanut butter
3/4 to 1 c. sugar (I like this better with 3/4 c.)
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease or spray a cookie sheet. Mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg together in a bowl. Drop by heaping spoonful onto the cookie sheet, keeping them two inches apart. Flatten with a fork if you like the crosshatch design that makes. (If you use the lesser amount of sugar, the cookies don't flatten as well on their own; I recommend the fork!) Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms of cookies are browned.
1/2 tsp. vanilla is nice to add.
Make Chocolate-Peanut Butter cookies by mixing 1 melted square of unsweetened chocolate (or1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp. softened butter) into the dough. Use the full cup of sugar. Or stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips for a different form of chocolate.
Peanut Butter and Honey cookies: use 1/2 cup honey instead of the sugar. The cookies will bake up puffier and more cakelike.
Peanut Butter Banana: Mash half a banana with 3/4 c. sugar. Beat in egg, then peanut butter. They'll require a couple extra minutes to cook. These are more cakelike, too, like the honey version.
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