Help with peanut butter cookie recipe!?

Question

I got it off of about.com

its:


INGREDIENTS:
1 1/4 cups flour, sift or stir before measuring
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg



im beating it together and its not working into a batter what do i add to it to do so?

Answer 1

Cookie dough is not supposed to be a batter. Its supposed to be thick so you can scoop little dollops from a spoon. Try this recipe the next time., its better for you. I cup peanutbutter, 1 cup sugar and 1 egg. mix all together and spoon it onto a cookie sheet. cook at 350 for about 15 minutes.

Answer 2

QUICK AND EASY!!!!!!! Peanut Butter Cookies 1/2 cup Peanut Butter 1/2 cup Butter, softened 1 cup packed Light Brown Sugar 1 Egg 2 1/4 cups Self-rising Flour 1 tsp. Vanilla Set oven to 350 degrees. Cut up the butter in a bowl. Add sugar and cream them together until fluffy. Add peanut butter, flour and egg; beat until the dough is smooth. Roll into balls and flatten with fork. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until desired doneness. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 to 3 minutes then move to wire rack. Cool and store in an airtight container. I have even doubled the recipe for my hubby who loves these!

Answer 3

here's my recipe

3/4 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 Tablespoons milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda.


preheat oven to 375. combine PB, Crisco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add egg, beat just until blended. combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add to PB mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet. flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with a fork and sprinkle with sugar. bake at 375 for 7-8 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown.

Answer 4

Peanut butter cookie batter is very thick and you should be able to scoop it with a spoon. How thin are you trying to make it?

You should have mixed the sugar and egg first before adding any of the dry ingrediants -- did you do that?

Answer 5

you have alot of dry ingrediants here which is why youd batter may not be coming together. however, a cookie dough shouldnt really be a "batter" so you definitely want the dough to be stiff....try adding an extra egg or maybe some cream or milk (but very little...maybe 1/4 cup) until you get it to be the right consistency.

Answer 6

Add 2 to 3 Tablespoons Milk......Peanut Butter Cookies are supposed to be a thick dough.

Answer 7

You need to combine the dry ingredients(flour,baking powder,salt,in one bowl and the remaining ingredients in the other,then slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet while mixing.This should help you form the right batter.It will be very thick at the last

Answer 8

it will be thick like cookie dough,no milk,it is ok,it will be stiff ,that is what cookie batter is like not thin like cake batter,when you get done mixing all the ingredients all there is left to do is spoon it onto a cookie sheet and press them down with a fork gently in both directions and bake and then yummy.

Answer 9

I have a similar recipe - it calls for 2 eggs instead of 1.

Answer 10

it should be a dough, and not a batter. it will be quite stiff. I hope you used shortening, such as crisco, and not vegetable oil. The recipe sounds perfect to me