Peanut Butter Cookies

The only ones I've been able to make that taste good!

My mom has Type II Diabetes and LOVES cookies. She will buy these sugar free cookies at the store, but, they still have carbs in them. Not from sugar, but from the flour used in the cookies. When she eats bread the blood sugar jumps right up there.

I stumbled across this recipe for flour free peanut butter cookies and tried it. They are a VERY delicate cookie and will crumble if you look at them funny, but very good. And MOM likes them, which is good cause they are FOR her. LOL The recipe I have calls for a cup of sugar, but I will put the recipe here the way I do it, with Splenda.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 C organic/natural peanut butter (doesn't have sugar added)
1 C Splenda
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix it all up well, drop by teaspoon fulls onto cookie sheet, I greased mine, the recipe didn't call for that, but I always grease them, bake for 10 minutes in 350 degree pre-heated oven. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before taking them off to avoid crumbling. Makes 2 doz cookies.

DANG! These are so easy to make and they DO taste good, even with just the Splenda to sweeten them.

I also have tried the no-flour oatmeal cookies, but oatmeal... it still makes the blood sugar go up and that's what needs to be avoided. Next time I make the peanut butter cookies I'm going to add some chopped up walnuts.

Hubby's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hubby has his favorite chocolate chip cookies. He even asks me to make them for him at times! The last time I made them, I forgot one ingredient and he noticed it and said there was something different and he didn't particularly care for them without it.

I told him next time I made them I wouldn't forget to put it in. I later told him something about oatmeal and cookies and he said he didn't like oatmeal cookies, hates them, as a matter of fact. I then explained to him that the ingredient missing in my last batch of chocolate chip cookies that he likes so well and has eaten for years is oatmeal. He informed me he wouldn't be eating them any more. ::: huh? ::: ROFLOL Some people... LOL He'll eat them, he'll forget the missing ingredient was oatmeal and be happy about getting chocolate chip cookies, again. LOL Gotta love hubbies.

Oatmeal Cookies pg. 215 in The Spice Cookbook

1 C (2 sticks) soft butter 2/3 C shortening

2 tsp soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla extract

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2/3 C sugar 2 1/3 C light-brown sugar

4 large eggs

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2 C quick-cooking oatmeal 1 C chopped nuts

1 1/2 C seedless raisins (this is where I put the chocolate chips in instead of raisins)

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4 C sifted all-purpose flour

Blend together the first 8 ingredients. Gradually mix in white and brown sugars. Beat in eggs, one at a time. (it does make a difference, I don't know why). Stir in next 3 ingredients. Gradually stir in flour. Drop tablespoon portions of dough, 2 inches apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets.

Bake in a preheated moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 10 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets, then place on wire racks to finish cooling. Store airtight.

Since this cookie dough keeps well in the refrigerator in a covered bowl, bake off as many cookies as desired at a time. Return remaining dough to the refrigerator and bake fresh batches as needed.

Yield: 8 dozen 3-inch cookies

In the book they are Oatmeal Cookies with raisins in them. I just substitute the chocolate chips for the raisins and omit the nuts. Hubby doesn't like nuts in cookies, or anything else.

What I have been doing lately is, bake half the dough with just the chocolate chips and then add raisins, nuts, dried cranberries, or what-have-you in the other half and back them. I keep them in separate cookie jars and everyone is happy. :)

Hope you like this recipe!!