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Soft and Puffy Peanut Butter Coconut Oil Cookies
"There's no butter and no white sugar used in these soft, puffy, and very peanut buttery cookies. They're made with coconut oil, which smells stronger than it tastes, and although you can 'taste it', it's much milder and more subtle than coconut flakes. The peanut butter flavor really shines through. If you've never tried baking with coconut oil and replacing it one-for-one with butter in cookies, these cookies are a great place to start. A bit of cornstarch is the secret ingredient that helps the cookies bake up soft, light, slightly chewy, and very thick and puffy...."
INGREDIENTS
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3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (use Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan or similar; not natural and not homemade peanut butter)
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1/2 cup coconut oil, softened (softened to the consistency of soft butter; not rock hard and not runny or melted, see below)
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1 cup light brown sugar, packed
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1 large egg
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract (yes tablespoon, not teaspoon), or to taste
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1 to 1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (see below)
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2 teaspoons corn starch
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt, optional and to taste
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