TWD: Peanut Butter Crisscrosses

Peanut butter cookies.  This was a nostalgic baking session for me, as I'm sure it was for many other TWD bakers.  I can remember having these cookies at my aunt's house every Christmas.  She used to make tons of Christmas cookies, and this was one of my favorites in her holiday line-up.

Jasmine of Jasmine Cuisine picked this week's cookies.  The recipe looked very similar to my aunt's, but Dorie's recipe called for chopped peanuts.  The only peanuts I had on hand were airline peanuts.. talk about being resourceful in the kitchen!

When the cookies came out of the oven, I was afraid they had spread too much, but it didn't end up being a big deal.  I rolled them in sanding sugar for the extra crunch, and I'm glad I did.  These cookies are perfect dunked into some milk, and will disappear quickly from the cookie jar, just like Dorie says.

Thanks, Jasmine, for a great trip down memory lane.

On a Dorie-related note, there is a new group forming called French Fridays with Dorie.  The group will be cooking through Dorie's new book, Around My French Table.  The fun starts on October 1, and it's much more lax than TWD as far as posting goes.  Read more about it and think about cooking along with us!

*Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD) is a group of bloggers baking through Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours.

*Find the recipe here.