No Flour? No Problem.

The witching hour had passed (non-parents: google it and be thankful), Lo was passed out on the couch, and I was having a major sweet tooth. We just moved into a new house--more on that later--and I forgot nearly everything on my list in a sad attempt at grocery shopping, including flour, so I knew there was no hope for a sweet treat in my future. Then it hit me. My mom taught me a long time ago that you don't always need flour to bake. I know, I know, crazytown USA over here. Stay with me though, okay? My inner Faux Martha kicked in and I made up a recipe for what I hoped would be peanut butter cookies. I had three ingredients in my (sad) arsenal: peanut butter, sugar, and eggs.

 Here is how it went down.

I set my oven to 350 degree while mixed 1 cup of (organic) peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 large egg in my favorite medium mixing bowl until the dough had a smooth texture.

The dough should be very pliable and easy to work with. And a little bit gritty due to the sugar.

Next, I rolled out 1 TBSP sized dough balls and placed 4 rows of 3 on a regular size cookie sheet (no need for grease thanks to the peanut butters natural greasiness). For a little bit of extra flavored I dipped the tops of the dough balls into sugar.

Okay. This next step I really sucked at. Hopefully you will fair much better than I did. Press out the dough balls with a fork. The best way to do this is to make an X in the dough so that the cookie bakes evenly. Make sure you really get the middles when you press otherwise the cookie will no bake all the way; nobody likes an uncooked cookie. 

After the cookies were pressed it was time to bake! The cookies stayed in the oven for 10 minutes (at 350 degrees as mentioned above) and I was sure to not let the tops golden. 

As soon as these bad boys dinged out of the oven I put some M&Ms on top and let them cool. 

Needless to say I was pretty hesitant to try them because, after all, I totally made this up. The verdict? Holy bananas these are some good cookies. After all was said and done I spent 20 minutes from start to finish, including clean up, and ended up with a really great treat and a boosted ego. 

Enjoy!

Jess