Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-natural peanut butter (must be natural – no added oils in it!)
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• Chocolate chips

Note:

• Contains peanuts 

Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
2. In a medium bowl, stir the maple syrup and peanut butter together with a spatula. At first your batter will be very liquidy, but as you continue to mix the maple syrup into the peanut butter, your batter will thicken and resemble cookie dough. Add chocolate chips – as many as you would like! I recommend no more than half a cup, but everyone has different preferences on their chocolate chips! Your dough will not be as thick or solid as typical cookie dough, but it should be firm enough for you to scoop and shape with your hands. Tip: ignore the urge to add more maple syrup! It might make your peanut butter doughier quicker, but it will take longer to cook!
3. Shake your peanut up so that the liquid, oily part and the smooth, peanut buttery part mix together. This is a mess-free way to make sure you have the same amount of natural oil and peanut butter in your cookie dough!
4. Using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop or ice cream scoop (or if you don’t have either, a large spoon could do), scoop cookie dough and place on a prepared baking mat, spaced 2 inches apart. Then using the palm of your hand, flatten into a round disc. Make a criss-cross on the top with a fork.
5. Bake cookies for 10 – 12 minutes or until the surface of the cookie looks dry and cooked. Don’t worry if the cookies feel soft — that will firm up after they cool. Let cookies completely cool on the baking sheet, and allow them to set. Don’t attempt to remove cookies before they are cool, as they will fall apart immediately. Once cookies are cool, they should easily come off your parchment paper or silicone mat. Finally, serve cookies or store in an airtight container at room temperature. Optional: drizzle some chocolate sauce and sugar over the cookies for a little extra flavor!
6. ENJOY!!!

By Caroline McRoskey ‘29, Staff Writer 

29cmcroskey@montroseschool.org