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Pumpkin peanut butter cookies pair nicely with a glass of milk or coffee for an afternoon treat
Thank the good freakin’ Lord it’s Friday. I could’ve seriously done without the events that have happened to me this week. I’m just all sorts of ANNOYED and I feel like I’m on my last nerve by the end of every day. You know what else I could’ve done without? Blog drama. Like, are you even freaking kidding me with that? Typically I don’t get all huffy puffy about stuff that people leave in comments for me and just ignore it or delete it, but that lady crossed the line, as most of you all agreed with me on Twitter. I even got the sweetest email from a reader saying how she actually made the sauce (and how amazing it was) and I need to stop letting that crazy lady write comments on my blog.
This is what I’ve learned this week: if you can’t say anything nice, shut your pie hole. And if you have happen to grow a pair behind a computer screen – good for you, because now you can come say it to my dang face. Oh, you can’t? You’re only ballsy when hiding behind a computer screen? Get a life. I hate trolls.
Sorry, I just had to let that all air out. I’ve been keeping way too much in this week and it’s slowly breaking me down.
I’m thankful for good times with my coworkers. I’m glad that my manager and coworker are both good friends of mine. We went out last night to grab drinks and appetizers and it was so relieving. This is going to sound wrong but the first sip of wine tasted SO GOOD. It was like a huge stress reliever and took away all the weight on my shoulders and helped me forget my anxiety for a bit. So thankful that I’m able to go out and let loose every now and then with my coworkers and shoot the sh!t.
You really do need that in your life. No matter how stressed you are, no matter how busy you get, you must make time to go out and be with good company. You will get so burned out if you don’t. Take the time to breathe every once in a while. It’s really okay to just stop and let life live while you relax. It’s so liberating. I feel like a brand new person after last night. It’s weird, but there’s just been so much stress and anxiety bottling up and I think I finally burned out.
Speaking of enjoying life to the fullest, these pumpkin peanut butter cookies were baked as apart of a bake sale for a dear friend of mine’s best friend, Beka, who is doing a run/walk for Chron’s Disease.
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups (250 g) all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g) dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (245 g) pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup (194 g) creamy peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Set aside.2 cups (250 g) all purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice, 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Next, add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until incorporated.8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter, 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar, 1/2 cup (110 g) dark brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the pumpkin puree and peanut butter and beat until mixed well. Then gently add in the flour mixture in two batches.1 cup (245 g) pumpkin puree, 3/4 cup (194 g) creamy peanut butter
- Spoon dough onto cookie sheet with a cookie scoop.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges start getting golden brown and the cookie is just starting to set.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
i found your blog searching for a recipe for these cookies. they are amazing! i added a cup of chocolate chips and oh man! thank you!!!!
Hi Julie – I started to follow your blog, and a few other food blogs over the last six months or so. The majority of recipes on my menu come from these blogs. I have to say, that everything that I have tried from your blog has been amazing. I have these cookies, along with your crockpot tikki masala on my menu for this coming week and am looking forward to making them. I thank you for taking the time to blog! I for one love to cook, but very fearful of creating my own recipes! I have to say that 95% of the items I have tried creating from food blogs have been delicious. Items that come out not so well, I never write nasty things on the blog (as there is always the chance I made an error with making it). I admire you and your fellow bloggers for the work you do. Keep your recipes coming :)
Hi Meredith, this was a really sweet comment. Us bloggers love doing what we do because of readers like you. I appreciate your feedback and I really like that you don’t leave nasty comments even if dishes don’t turn out right. It’s okay to leave constructive criticism though! Anyway, thanks for taking the time to write me & thanks for being a loyal reader :) have a great weekend!
Julie!!! I am so late to the party here, but I just read the comments from that CRAZY lady – that is absolutely insane! I cannot believe that someone would be SO mean for no reason, it baffles me!
You are amazing and don’t let weirdo’s like her let you think otherwise!
These look AMAZING but I have a peanut allergy…do you think it would work if I substitute Sunbutter? I’ve never tried baking with it but I really want to adapt these! :) And I’m sorry you have to deal with nasty comments on here. The things she was saying were un-called for and immature.
Definitely could substitute sunbutter! :) thanks for the sweet comment!!
You might try cashew butter as a substitution as well.
Have to agree with you there, if you don’t have anything nice to say why bother putting it out there! these cookies sound incredible!
These cookies look AMAZING! I’m going to have to bake up a batch myself. Unfortunately, I can’t bid on the ones you’re making for the auction (as I’m not in the US) so good luck to all the bidders – it’s a great cause!
p.s. I hate trolls too!
Super rude of her!! But I hate the word troll :)
Yum…I’m looking at these cookies just after breakfast and my mouth is watering. Wish I had one now for my breakfast dessert!
Yikes… sounds like the anonymous lady who commented (all caps, of course) telling me that I shouldn’t post recipes for Cambodian food if I wasn’t Cambodian! It was such a different response than I usually get from people when I post recipes from countries with lesser-known cuisines. I love it when folks post constructive criticism but this lady was just totally off her rocker.
Oh well, we shouldn’t let the haters get us down, right? I, for one, am new to your blog and already a superfan :)
Girl, I needed Friday so badly! so glad it’s here. Now only if I had a batch of these at my fingertips. :)