Brighter Days and Peanut Butter!

It didn't start off as a good day. I was not sure what awaiting for me at work today. It was okay. I am not sure what to make of changes and the attitude that has transpired there. Hopefully this week will be better. My goal is to be more optimistic and to try and not stress. I keep saying that! I did have my follow up with the dermatologist today. All the lab work came back normal! Which is good! I don't have Valley Fever and other sorts that I was tested for!We still aren't sure of the initial cause of the reaction. I am still taking my heart meds so she ruled those out all together because I was getting better. Now if I have another outbreak after I finish the meds then we may back track. But for now this is a positive note! And the rash is clearing up. I just have a few splotches and I'm pealing in a few places.

We did have a fun evening. Carl and I. He wanted to bake cookies. He wanted to give it a try. We've talked about doing Peanut Butter cookies. I did chocolate chip cookies a few weeks ago. I really enjoy baking and have gotten fairly decent at it. My cookies are getting lighter and fluffier. So today it was Peanut Butter cookies. Carl made me promise he could do it. I just had to tell him what to put in it and how to mix it. And not to get mad at him! (I'm not sure why I would) impatient, but not mad! So I found a recipe from some more of my food blog sites. (which I'll add more links on here soon). and found one that added peanut butter chips. I 've never done it with peanut butter chips before. They were EXCELLENT! And no- I didn't loose my patience with Carl. Actually I think he got bored before he was done! He was supposed to roll them in the sugar and do the fork thing. He didn't get that far! He did the first batch and then he was done! But it's ok cause he finished the laundry! So I can't complain!

The cookie are fabulous with the Peanut Butter Chips so I'll post the recipe. Now the recipe here calls for both chocolate chips and peanut butter but we just did peanut butter. He didn't want to get to fancy!

So Here is the recipe courtesy of BakingBloneWeblog
1 cup + 2 TBS peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 TBS milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Peanut Butter chips
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
3/4 cup Sugar (for rolling dough balls, may need more or less)

Preheat oven to 350.
Line baking sheets with parchement paper.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter. Once combined beat in the white sugar, and brown sugar until well blended. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla.
In a large bowl wisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gently add to creamed mixture and mix until almost combined. Fold in chocolate and peanut butter chips. Chill dough for at least 15 minutes.
Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Genlty roll the dough balls into sugar and place dough balls on parchment lined baking sheets. Carefully press each ball with fork tines to create a criss-cross pattern.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheets for 5-10 minutes until sturdy enough to be transfered to a wire rack to cool completely.