The Amazing Five Ingredient Salted Peanut Butter Cookie is a Smitten Kitchen recipe, adapted from Ovenly’s cookbook. This cookie recipe delivers intense peanut butter flavor with the ease of a simple recipe.
“But places were also named from the way the expedition felt at the time: Buena Esperanza good hope; Buena Vista because the view was beautiful; and Chualar because it was pretty. The descriptive names followed: Paseo de los Robles because of the oak trees; Los Laureles for the laurels; Tularcitos because of the reeds in the swamp; and Salinas for the alkali which was white as salt.”
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Inspiration
Not sure how I missed the recipe for The Amazing Five Ingredient Salted Peanut Butter Cookie as I’m always more than happy to try a new cookie recipe. Especially one that promises intense peanut butter flavor with the ease of a simple recipe. The Amazing Five Ingredient Salted Peanut Butter Cookie is a Smitten Kitchen recipe, adapted from Ovenly’s cookbook. Deb Perlman posted this cookie recipe in 2015. In internet time, its ancient history. The five ingredients, Skippy Peanut Butter (or a similar brand), brown sugar, eggs and vanilla are whisked together in a bowl. Salt is the fifth ingredient and sprinkled generously on top of the cookies before baking. This is the magic ingredient, the salt intensifies the peanut flavor. No mixer is required for The Amazing Five Ingredient Salted Peanut Butter Cookie. Once the ingredients are gathered, it takes less than five minutes to make the batter. Maybe The Amazing Five Ingredient Salted Peanut Butter Cookie should be The Amazing Five Ingredient, Five Minute, Salted Peanut Butter Cookie recipe.