Recipe and source notes

Hot ‘n’ Nutty Cookies

2 dozen cookies Source yield

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 cups peanut butter, smooth or crunchy
  • ½ cup macadamia nuts, chopped (optional)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp Tabasco pepper sauce
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp baking soda

Make it step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Lightly butter and flour a cookie sheet.
  3. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
  4. Stir in peanut butter and macadamia nuts.
  5. Mix until well blended.
  6. Add eggs, vanilla and Tabasco pepper sauce.
  7. Mix until well combined.
  8. In another bowl, mix together flour, salt and baking soda.
  9. Add to nut mixture and stir until blended.
  10. Spoon about 1 heaping t.
  11. Of batter on prepared cookie sheet.
  12. Coat the tines of a fork in flour and score each cookie in a criss-cross pattern.
  13. Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden.
  14. Set aside to cool on racks.

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