This is the second last installment of the Christmas Baking Frenzy of 2011. The cookies I am posting today are a Christmas tradition that I started for my father-in-law and my husband’s brother-in-law, neither of whom should eat sugar; I present to you the Peanut Butter Cookie. Coincidentally, these are also gluten free.
The cookies are a little dry, so you'll need a cup of tea or coffee with them.
I was having a little fun with Photoshop
Sugar Free and Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Original Recipe by Paula Deen, Food Network
21 cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
- 1 cup baking sugar replacement (recommended: Splenda)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup sugar replacement, the egg, and vanilla, and beat until entirely combined. Roll the dough into balls (I used a 1.25″ melon baller).
- Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. Press down each cookie with the palm of your hand. With a fork press once in the typical PB Cookie method
- Bake for 14 minutes remove from the oven and cool.
On another note I wanted to share with you something absolutely AWESOME! For many years now, our neighbour to the north of us has brought Christmas to his house during the years our weather was not cooperative. This year was no different and although we have had a few light sprinklings of snow there was not enough to ‘stick’ and subsequently we have yet another ‘green Christmas’! Not to be outdone by nature, neighbour John goes out to the local skating arena and scoops up their leftover snow (what the Zamboni clears off the ice) and shovels it onto his front lawn in time for Christmas morning. The kids are teenagers now, but still LOVE this tradition and neighbour John is more than happy to oblige. Enjoy the snow.
The only lawn in Toronto that has snow!
Just in case you didn't believe me, that's our house next door!
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