Sugar Cookie Bars

I've never made plain old sugar cookies before, but seeing a recipe for sugar cookie bars set of a craving. While cooking for more than one over this holiday weekend, the craving was satisfied. The results were definitely reminiscent of gooey cookies, but the frosting made it more like cake than bars.

I'm not going to bother copying the recipe I used, but go here to take a look. It was easy enough, and yielded great results. My only addition was a little water to the cookie dough, which was very sticky. At least I tried to get patriotic with the sprinkles...

Poorly Planned Peanut Butter Cookies

I had a craving for peanut butter cookies today. Seeing as I had peanut butter and other baking essentials, I assumed I would be fine. In the end they turned out well, but there were a few small hangups along the way.

For one, I did not have the peanut butter chips that the recipe called for. This was fine because those are gross. I used a mix of milk and dark chocolate chips instead. Also, I only had about 1/2 cup peanut butter. So I used tahini for the other half cup. Finally, I did not have vanilla extract, so I used cinnamon for a little extra flavor.



To top it all of, they expanded more than I thought they would in the oven. I also left them in there just a little to long. They are not burnt, but the bottoms are browner than I would like. Whatever. I guess that's just how the cookie crumbles!

*This is yet another recipe adapted from the Smitten Kitchen, so go there for ingredients and preparation methods.