Jonathan's cookies...

A co-worker brought some amazing cookies to work today, here's the recipe.

He says "I kind of followed one and I kind of made it up on my own, but it went something like this:

I creamed one stick of butter and a cup of brown sugar, then added a heaping spoonful of almond butter and an egg or two.

In a separate container, I mixed a half-cup of white flour, a half-cup of whole wheat flour, a pinch or two of salt, a rounded half-teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch or two each of cinnamon, ground ginger and cayenne.

Then I mixed the butter mixture with the flour mixture, added a half-cup or so of oats, some pecans and some chocolate chunks.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes per sheet. I think that’s it. Oh yeah, I added some vanilla extract along the way, but we were almost out, so I don’t even know if you can taste it anyway."

They tasted amazing!

Peanut Butter Brownies

Peanut Butter Brownies

3/4 c. butter

1/3 c. cocoa powder

2 c. sugar

4 eggs

1 ½ c. flour

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. peanut butter

Melt butter and cocoa powder together. Cool. Blend in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Combine salt and flour and add to wet ingredients. Pour batter into a 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Middle of pan should be set.

Straight from the oven, drop peanut butter spoonfuls over the brownies. Allow peanut butter to melt a bit and then spread until brownies are covered.

Icing

½ c. butter

¼ c. cocoa powder

1/3 c. milk

8 large marshmallows

¼ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

3 ½ c. powdered sugar

Melt all ingredients except the powdered sugar. Once melted, stir in powder sugar. Pour over top of peanut butter layer. Tilt and rotate pan until peanut butter is covered with icing. Refrigerate until icing sets, about 1 hour.

Via: Your Life in the Kitchen