{"id":5871,"date":"2025-09-23T22:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/?p=5871"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:22:09","slug":"4-ingredient-christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/23\/4-ingredient-christmas-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ingredient Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s four ingredients. Yes, four and these gems are so good. I love to cook, so you\u2019ll often find me in the kitchen. I like elegant great tasting easy to create recipes. So this is one of my personal favorites.<\/p>

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Ingredients:
1 cup of peanut butter, the crunchy type with peanuts
1 egg white (You need to cut the cholesterol somewhere.)
1 cup of sugar (I use raw cane sugar, sounds healthier, but you may eat so many that this doesn\u2019t help)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 of Christmas Candy or Chocolate chopped to be peanut size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a baking tray with parchment or a silicone mat. They will stick to your tray if you don\u2019t, not good eats, a big mess. No one has time for all that cleaning.
Combine all the ingredients together mixing until you have a smooth dough-like consistency.
Take a scoop of it and form a small ball. Flatten it out onto the tray.
Get fancy and make crisscrosses with a fork\u2019s tines. Place the cookies at least an inch apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your tray is full and your oven is ready, pop these into the oven for about 7 minutes. Be careful not to overbake and adjust your timing based on your oven. The cookies should be a light golden brown. You want these to be chewy.
When you take them from the oven, let them cool on the tray for about 2 minutes, then transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack. I usually just pick up the parchment and set it on the rack to cool completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your patience will be reward with chewy yummy goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Favorite Christmas Novel: Frederica is quite the hostess and loves to make sure her guest has the right treats. Find out more about her in The Butterfly Bride<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n