Yoo 290 - A love-hate relationship with 3 ingredients

Sometimes, cravings hit. The Gregbeau and I were both being ravaged by one particularly brutal "me want brownies!" blow this past Sunday afternoon. Except we had nothing of the sorts to make. So we sat there in somewhat of a trance, absently tossing out ideas sans censor.

It was in the midst of this feeble brainstorm that recollection crept up on the Gregthinker like a mischievous squirrel.

And after a bit of googling, he disappeared into the kitchen.

And I sat there, kind of tickled that I was still sitting there while he was busying himself in the kitchen.

But now I haven't decided if I hate the Gregbaker for introducing me to these or if I hate the Gregbaker for taking so long to introduce me to these. But either way, I'm hating on the Gregbaker.

(typical, i'm probably the last person on earth to hear about these...) 

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, yo!

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Make whatever size cookie balls you want. Put them on a cookie sheet or in a cake pan or whatever you have available. Bake for 6ish to 8ish minutes. Eat all of them while they're still warm!

Please tell me you can see the problem here! Simple, gooey, peanut buttery cookies in less than 15 minutes?? (not to mention that it's super easy to throw a handful of chocolate chips in there and really make them divine...)

Before, when my inner cookie monster was raging, I would sic my inner lazy monster on her. Because, you know, regular cookies take at least 30ish minutes and require soooo much more effort. It was like this "Am I craving cookies enough to stand here dough mixing and spoonful dropping and sweet morsel baking?" safety net. The answer? "No! Hand me a graham cracker and some peanut butter!"

But now, it's like my safety net was replaced with silly string. Just a matter of minutes separating me from these.

I find them dangerously delicious.

I guess I'll settle on hating to love them (and the Gregbaker), for now. At least until I train my lazy monster to see making them as too much effort.

Have a great day :-)