Peanut butter cookie recipe takes $1 million prize
Here’s a cookie worth a million bucks to its creator, Carolyn Gurtz of Gaithersburg, Md. She just bested 99 other contestants at this year’s Pillsbury Bake-Off. Her prize is $1 million.
She started with a roll of peanut butter cookie dough, added a filling made of peanut butter and powdered sugar, then rolled each cookie in chopped peanuts, sugar and cinnamon. A triple threat, peanut-butter wise, even though she named the cookies “Double Delight.”
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DOUBLE-DELIGHT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Yield: 24 cookies
1/4 cup dry-roasted peanuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 (16.5-ounce) package refrigerated peanut butter cookies
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, mix chopped peanuts, granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
In another small bowl, stir peanut butter and powdered sugar until completely blended. Shape mixture into 24 (1-inch) balls.
Cut roll of cookie dough into 12 slices. Cut each slice in half crosswise to make 24 pieces; flatten slightly. Shape 1 cookie dough piece around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and balls.
Roll each covered ball in peanut mixture; gently pat mixture completely onto balls. On ungreased large cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Spray bottom of drinking glass with nonstick cooking spray; press into remaining peanut mixture. Flatten each ball to 1/4-inch thickness with bottom of glass. Sprinkle any remaining peanut mixture evenly on tops of cookies; gently press into dough.
Bake 7 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Store tightly covered.
Per cookie: 150 calories; 7g fat; 1.5g saturated fat; 0.5g trans fat; no cholesterol; 125mg sodium; 17g carbohydrate; no fiber; 11g sugar; 3g protein.


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Judith Evans is the food and travel editor for the Post-Dispatch.
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