Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Cookies
Posted 1.12.2010 by Sandy a la Mode in The Dish :: 36 comments
One of my absolute favorite baking websites is Bakerella. Bakerella is truly a talented and inspirational baker who makes all types of delicious sweets that not only taste good, but look AMAZING too! And it also helps that she can take great pictures of her creations as well!
A few months ago, Bakerella had a post about a simple recipe for Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies, recipe courtesy of Kraft. This was just the recipe for me because I had all of the ingredients right at home! And of course, I wanted to practice my photography so I captured each step below. These make approximately 1.5 dozen or 18 cookies. Thanks for the inspiration Bakerella!
Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
4 squares BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1/2 cup finely chopped PLANTERS Unsalted COCKTAIL Peanuts
And tadaa! You are done! I think the chocolate and nuts really add extra flavor to the cookie and it makes it look more impressive than your average cookie. =)
And of course every chef must taste her handiwork!
this is cute, sandy! it’s all coming together, slowly but surely! Yay!
OOOoooOOO! I love it! Do more baking please!
Looks tasty!
Your instructions are simple and easy to follow! And the photography is perfect! Makes me want to run to the kitchen and start baking!!
yay first delicious post! great job sandy
can’t wait for more things to come.
yum!
looks delish 
looking forward to more posts! the photography is amazing. great job! xoxo
These look so yummy and easy to make. Rylie would devour these in a second! btw, great pictures!
They look yummy!
I’ll link to you on my Friday Favorites this week 
looks delicious!
yay! i’m so glad it’s up and running. it looks great!! anything dipped in chocolate and covered with nuts deserves a thumbs up in my book.
wow they look very good! great shots too! looking forward to future posts.
yay!!! nice work — love it! great layout, and awesome first post. making me hungry again.
Those cookies look great! Who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate! lol.
Website looks wonderful girl, I can’t wait to see more posts!
wow…that looks like easy to make1 thanks for posting! i always thought i need lots of ingredients!!
Omgosh!! Those look so good! You need an RSS feed so I can get this on my Google Reader and bookmark stuff!
yum! so easy too! lovin’ the first shot.
i love the website and photos! so excited for you!
Love the new blog, Sandy! Yay for cooking blogs, dslr cameras and beautiful food pictures
The cookies look beautiful and delicious!!
wowee!!! sandy~ your website is soo awesome! i’m so excited for you. the cookies look so delicious. the photos look totally pro! =)
Sandy! This is awesome! Way to start off your website with a bang! You combined baking, and photography! Really nice.
Some comments/critiques on the photos, cuz i gotta
.The pics look good, really nice lighting. I assume you used natural/available light, and a large aperture? I do think the photos lose a little bit because of the shallow depth of field (particularly the shot where you’re dipping it in the chocolate. I’d think it’d be nice to see the chocolate in focus as well. Because my impression is that you want the picture to convey that you are dipping it in the chocolate and the nuts, so i think you’d want all of that in focus. But other than that, the light is superb! Glad you didn’t use direct flash 
(unless you did, and did a really good job! or are doing off camera flash work…)
Really well thought-out, and detailed post. My posts are kind of jumbled/rambling/and sparse.
Okay, that’s all!
JLe
Love it Sandy! This is so awesome, I think I may have to try these cookies and better yet, your photos are amazing!
Thanks so much for the critique J Le! I am always welcome to comments/critiques to help me improve. So I’ve actually gotten pretty used to just shooting with a very large aperture… I love the effect of the bokeh (look out for my next post on that hehe)! Anyways, you are right though, I need to think more about the actual image and what I’m trying to convey and decide what aperture to use vs. just always using a large aperture b/c it’s a cool effect!!! Thanks for the advice!!
I love peanut butter cookies. This is great little twist on a classic cookie. Looks so yummy. =)
OMG, these look SO good!
Sandy, I love this!!! And they look delicious.
Sandy! this is amazing!! I really want to make these cookies! and I really want to learn how to take pictures like you do…. you are an amazing photographer! I am SOO excited about this blog!!
Wow, those cookies look DELICIOUS!!! Now I want cookies.
Hey Sandy,
Thanks for the post on my blog – I’m looking forward to more from you in the future!
Looks delicious Sandy! Now when are you making us some???
Yes…we’re hard at work on the house…but will be moving in within the month so look forward to a house party invite soon!!! 
Evan
Wow – these look incredible! I can’t wait to make some!
Welcome to the blogging world!
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omg. these look crazy good.
ahhh you have a new blog??? youre such the homemaker… i LOVES it!!
Hi Sandy! Chloe’s mommy here~ I just HAD to leave a comment to let you know that your blog is soo awesome. I just bookmarked it in my faves~ I want to try the kale chips, and those cookies look amazing. You are so lucky to be so talented and also the auntie of one of the cutest lil boys in the WORLD! =D
@Sooae Thanks so much for visiting and leaving such a sweet comment Sooae! You should definitely try the kale chips for a healthy snack! I wonder if kids will like them too… most people that I know have tried them are adults! I’d like to think that my talented is learned and not innate haha. It definitely doesn’t come naturally to me but I’m trying hard to learn things as best as I can! And yes, Evan is SOOOOOOO cute, and so is Chloe!!! =)
Oh. my. gosh. Want!
i never got a chance to post when you first started the blog, but i <3 it!!! the layout is very you, and the posts showcases all your wonderful talents! =)