MDBD - Peanut Butter Cookies

This past weekend's MDBD was a departure from the norm. Typically we pick a recipe from Pinterest to experiment with; however, this week we were experimenting more with baking tools. My mother-in-law gave me the coolest electric cookie press for my birthday, so I was dying to give it a shot.

I only remember using a cookie press once in my life. I bought one from Pampered Chef and used it one time. It was such a pain to use and I just didn't have the strength to squeeze a bunch of cookies out of it. I didn't even know they made electric ones. It's pretty cool. Just plug it in and charge it for a couple of hours, unplug, stuff your dough in, push a button, and ta-da you have a cookie. It's so simple, even a two year old can use it. (Okay, technically, I had to help her hold the button down for the right amount of time).

We made classic peanut butter cookies using the recipe that was in the instruction book that came with the cookie press.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Our Ingredients

 1/2 C Shortening

1/2 C Peanut Butter

1/2 C Sugar

1/2 C Brown Sugar

1 Egg

1 1/4 C Flour

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Salt

Let's get to baking!!!

Instructions

Mix shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, and egg

Blend in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt

With star plate form 2 1/2 inch fingers (I had no idea which was the star plate, so I just made random cookie shapes to try all the disks out)

Bake 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees

Finished Product

Final Ranking (1-10)
     1= Throw Directly in the Trash
     5= Not Bad, but Not Great
     10= Best Thing I've Ever Eaten

Scott: 6 (It's a peanut butter cookie)

Kristin: 5 (Goof, but nothing special)

Scott and I decided that I have  ruined normal run of the mill cookies because I have been making some pretty out there, and yummy ones lately (i.e. Milky Way Cookies)