Square Cookies
Square Cookies are square shaped cookies made with peanut butter, ground pecans and ground oats.
Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar ( 190 grams)
- 1 cup toasted pecans or a mix of pecans and walnuts or almonds
- ½ cup oats
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (114 grams)
- ¼ cup peanut butter, unsweetened (64 grams)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour (250 grams) -- weigh if possible!
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup peanut butter chips optional
- Colored Candies optional
Instructions
- Put ½ cup of the sugar, oats and nuts a food processor and grind until fine. Set aside.
- Put the softened butter, remaining half cup of sugar, peanut butter, eggs, molasses, salt, baking soda and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Beat all at once with a handheld mixer or paddle of a stand mixer until creamy and smooth. By hand or using lowest speed of mixer, stir in the flour. Add oat mixture and stir until blended, then stir in the chips.
- Empty dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap or wax paper and knead gently just to make sure everything is well mixed. Shape dough into a rectangle about 7x8 inches and 1 inch thick. Chill the rectangle for about an hour.
- With a large knife, cut the rectangle into even squares. If desired, put some colored candies on top.
- Arrange squares of dough on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 (or however long it takes in your oven).
- Let cool completely before serving.
Notes
For the flour, the weight is 250 grams. That would be 2 cups of very lightly spooned and AP and more like 1 ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons of whole wheat flour. For best results, use a scale.