My kids love to help me bake…especially if it’s a recipe they had a hand in developing. They’re constantly throwing ideas my way…some great…some a little less great. Either way, I love getting them involved. When I was approached by Country Crock to put a spin on their “Make It Yours” Cookie I knew my kiddos would have ideas. And oh yes…the ideas flowed. We all settled on a cookie with peanut butter cups, but to make them even more interesting we thought we could swirl peanut butter into the cookie as well, giving it a pretty marbled effect, but also extra bites of creamy peanut butter! I know I’m biased, but my kids are pretty smart. Now I will be honest, I don’t typical bake with buttery spreads, like Country Crock, but I LOVED how the cookies turned out! They stayed thick and nice and had a great buttery taste. And I was happy to learn that Country Crock contains no artificial flavors or preservatives, and 0g of trans fats per serving. The dough came together really quickly, and since it’s a spread you don’t need to bring it up to room temperature before baking, which is great in a pinch! I even used my hand mixer for this recipe, which was a nice change of pace! Now for the fun stuff. We bought these cute little unwrapped peanut butter cups… And just mixed them into the dough! We might have sampled a few during the process. Then the fun part…we got some creamy peanut butter and dropped it into the dough by the spoonful. We used the back of our wooden spoon to swirl it into the dough…enough to be combined, but so you could still see ribbons of peanut butter. We scooped the dough out, using a large cookie scoop and placed it on a parchment lined baking sheet… They baked up perfectly! Once they were cooled we couldn’t wait to sample. We had such a fun time coming up with this recipe! Visit MakeItYoursRecipe.com for the Make It YoursTM Cookie Recipe and more baking inspiration.
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