15 April 2008...2:45 pm
Peanut butter cookies win Bake-Off
I’m thinking maybe I should stop writing about food, and spend more time baking it. Specifically, cookies. More specifically, cookies like Carolyn Gurtz’s Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies.
Her simple recipe — it uses refrigerated cookie dough as its base — took the $1 million Grand Prize in this year’s Pillsbury Bake-Off. Oh, and she also won an additional $5,000 for having the best recipe that uses at least 1/4 cup of Jif Peanut Butter.
According to a news release from Pillsbury, “contest judges agreed that Gurtz’s recipe surpassed the 99 other competitors as the grand prize winner for its simplicity and approachability, allowing the home cook to take a convenience product and turn it into an unexpected cookie that bursts with layers of peanut butter flavor. Contest judges described Gurtz’s Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies as a delightful taste that combines two classic cookies – a snickerdoodle and a peanut butter cookie.”
Do Gurtz’s Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies really taste like 1 million (plus 5,000) bucks? I can’t say. I’m still kitchenless. But if any of you are inclined to whip up a batch of cookies, leave a comment and let me know what you think. Here’s the recipe.
To see other winning recipes, visit www.pillsbury.com/BakeOff/
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