Peanut Butter Cookies

A little over a year ago, My Husband started a neighborhood poker game. I encouraged this night out for him because I had been enjoying my monthly Bunko games and the occasional dinner out with girlfriends. It just seemed fair that he should have an opportunity to hang with the guys and talk about guy "stuff". Who knew that it would grow from about 5 guys to a list that is well over 20 and now they have to limit it to 16 each month. Guess there were some other husbands who needed a monthly night out.

Each of the guys who joins in on the game brings some kind of food item in addition to their beverage of choice. My Husband had been bringing Munchkins for a few months, then a new neighbor joined in who discovered I bake cookies. It didn't take long for him to make a request for cookies to make an appearance each month.

So, now each month that I provide some cookies to these poker playing men. Since I tend to bake regularly anyway - my family is very spoiled as a result - I always have some kind of freshly baked cookie ready to share. Earlier this month, this neighbor put in his request for Peanut Butter Cookies. Seems these are his favorite cookie. I was going to make the Triple Play Peanut Butter Cookies I made last year, but I didn't have all of the ingredients on hand to make them. So, I went searching for a simple recipe that used what I already had in the pantry.

I ended up at Simply Recipes and the Peanut Butter Cookies over there were exactly what I was hoping to find. They turned out exactly as I remembered peanut butter cookies from when I was a child. I didn't manage to get a picture of them before they were taken to the poker game, but Elise was nice enough to allow me to share her picture here - don't they look wonderful?

Photo Courtesy of Simply Recipes

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