Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies: Three Ways!

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   Preheat oven to 350u00b0F. Cream peanut butter and sugars in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add egg and beat until smooth. Stir in baking soda. See note below (**) for the peanut butter cup adaptation.

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   See note below (*) for coconut adaptation. Roll dough into small balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Using the back of a dinner fork, press hash marks into the tops of the balls in two directions, flattening each cookie slightly.

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   Bake at 350u00b0F for 10 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let the cookies cool for five minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack.

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   Yields: about 16 cookies.

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   *To create coconut adaptation, fold shredded coconut into the dough as you form each ball. Press with a fork and bake as instructed.

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   **To create peanut butter cup adaptation, chop peanut butter cups and fold them into dough before forming balls. Then, roll into balls, press with a fork and bake as instructed.

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   (Recipe adapted from joythebaker.com.)

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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