Easy 4 kids Peanut Butter Cookies (with Gluten + Dairy free instructions)

This is one of the recipes we learnt at school in Home Economics and has been a trusty standby ever since. My son Zack loves to make it and he's only 5 :) This is a lovely easy and tasty recipe for Children to try!

Easy 4 Kids Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2C Margarine   (DF: Wooden Spoon Margarine)
1/2C Peanut Butter
1/2C White Sugar
1/2C Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1 Beaten Egg
1C Flour   (GF: Gluten free flour mix)
2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
Optional: Add cup of Choc Chips

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180*
2. Cream together margarine & peanut butter in a large mixing bowl with a beater.
3. Gradually add sugar, cream until light and fluffy.
4. Add an egg, mix.
5. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients while mixing. Add vanilla essence. Mix into a smooth dough. If you'd like to add some choc chips do it now. Mix well.
6. Roll spoonfulls and place 5cm apart on a greased baking sheet. Press flat with a fork.
7. Bake for 10-15 minutes until tops are golden.

Makes 80

(Photo by Stacy [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Mamma's Choc-Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

The other day my brother Mat asked me for this recipe but I couldn't find it, much to his disappointment. Well, TA-DA! Here it is. If I don't publish it here NOW it might get lost for ever.
These cookies sure bring back many childhood memories! Enjoy Mat!
(You can make this Dairy and Wheat Free by following the notes in brackets.)

Mamma's Choc-Chip Peanut-Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
80g Smooth peanut butter
80g Butter (DF: Use Wooden Spoon Margarine)
120g Brown sugar
120g White sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
Pinch Salt
1 Jumbo egg
1/2 Tsp Baking powder
150g Flour (WF: Replace with Gluten free cake flour mix)
50ml Milk (DF: Use rice or soya milk)
80g Rolled oats
80g Chopped peanuts
80g Choc-Chips (DF: Use dark choc chips)

Method:
1. Preheat your oven to 180*C.
2. In a mixing bowl, mix Peanut Butter, Margarine, both sugars, vanilla and salt until creamy.
3. Add the egg and beat well.
4. Sift dry ingredients and add. Mix well.
5. Add the milk and mix well.
6. Stir in remaining ingredients until well mixed.
7. Drop teaspoon measures onto a well greased baking tray, 3cm between each.
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
9. Cool on a wire rack.
10. Enjoy, but be advised to hide, they don't last very long!

Quick 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter cookies - Gluten Free!

These cookies are so quick to throw together and they are really delicious hot, on ice cream. (They become super crunchy, but chewy on the inside!) Because they don't contain any flour, you don't really have to worry about eating them raw. They are also a real treat for those less fortunate folk who are gluten intolerant.

Quick 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
1C Peanut Butter
1C Sugar
1 Jumbo egg

Method:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180*.
2. Mix all 3 ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Grease a baking sheet.
4. Put teaspoon dollops on to the tray, about 3cm apart.
5. Flatten with the back of a fork.
6. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden.
7. Serve hot cookies on a generous helping of ice-cream!

Makes +- 24 Cookies