the perfect peanut butter cookie

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. - Bill Watterson


Peanut butter is practically the love of my life. It's seriously a magical food: sweet, salty, creamy, crunchy... I've used peanut butter in everything from cookies to soup. An obvious sandwich spread, I love peanut butter paired with jam, Nutella, or bananas (I call that last one a PB² sandwich. Yup, I'm a geek). I stir it into my ramen to add protein and flavour. And I make a killer peanut sauce that's perfect with Vietnamese spring rolls. Then there is, of course, the classic jar-and-spoon approach (talk about a really fast and portable breakfast... I've definitely taken a jar of peanut butter with me to an early class on more than one occasion).  Funny story: my brother and I used to make 'dessert mashed potatoes' by pouring honey over spoonfuls of peanut butter in a bowl. However overly sweet and ridiculous that sounds now, let me tell you... we enjoyed it immensely.