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04.15.2008 3:54 pm

Peanut butter cookie recipe takes $1 million prize

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.”

Want to check out the rest of the recipes? Click here: www.pillsbury.com/BakeOff

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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2 comments

Did you know that a food blogger won two years ago? Yes, our very own Anna from Cookie Madness in Austin. We’re still proud!! Local food blogger Karen Tedesco from FamilyStyle Food was a finalist too.

— Alanna
8:50 pm April 15th, 2008

I was a finalist at PBO this year from Park Hills, MO (60 miles South of St. Louis). I tasted her cookie at the Bake-Off and they are delicious.

— Barbara Hahn
7:12 pm April 28th, 2008
Judith Evans