This is the final week of the candy-in-cookie theme for October.
The candy chosen for this weeks cookies is the Reese’s Pieces.
There’s a reason that Reese’s Pieces is on the last Thursday before Halloween. The answer is simple. It is one of my favorite candies and since my broken tooth/badly abscessed cracked tooth saga that began in AUGUST is nearing its end and I can chew again I arbitrarily chose this week for this candy.
It’s been a long, expensive road to get here. Thankfully there is dental insurance. Even then it’s been expensive.
If I want to have my favorite candy in a cookie I damn well better be able to eat it.
I had 2 cookies.
But there was a surprise in the dough. I wondered if I could amp up the peanut butter flavor, without adding too much liquid into the dough. Peanut butter powder has entered the chat. I added about 1/4 of peanut butter powder along with the flour, salt, and baking soda.
This was surprisingly effective.
I will have to explore the possibilities of using this powder in other cookies. I wonder how it would go in oatmeal cookies. Oooh, with cinnamon chips?
That’s for the new year.
Or is it?
I have something devilish planned for next week. After all, it will be Halloween.
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