Baking My Way: Honey-roasted Peanut Cookies

I wasn't too sure if I would like these cookies because I'm not a huge fan of roasted peanuts but I love peanut butter (I know, that's sort of weird). But I ended up really liking these cookies. I cooked them for 10 minutes and they looked a little too cooked around the edged but they were just the right softness in the middle.

I give these cookies a 4 out of 5. I think they didn't make it to a five simply because it's a bit of a process and I like simple.


Cookies:
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 honey
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
3 3/4 cups flour (I used all whole week and took about 1/4 off the total)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt



Glaze:
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup hot water
1 1/4-1 1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup chopped honey-roasted peanuts (I ended up using at least 2 cups)

Cookies:

1.	Heat oven to 350. Combine brown sugar, sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy.
2.	Add peanut butter, honey, vanilla, and eggs; beat well.
3.	Add flour, baking soda, and salt; beat well.
4.	Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart (At this part it says to flatten the cookies with a fork and crisscross pattern but that's really not necessary because they flatten out well on their own)
5.	Bake for 9-12 minutes. Cool completely before adding glaze/peanuts

Glaze:

1. Combine peanut butter, honey and hot water; beat well. Blend in enough icing sugar to get desired drizzling consistency.

2. Drizzle glaze over cookies (I made it a little thicker and iced the cookies)

3. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of crushed peanuts over each cookie (I dipped the cookies in the nuts, so I used more)

4. Let stand until set.



(I know you can likely tell by how much of everything is called for in this recipe but it makes a lot of cookies!!)

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