My title is a little confusing. Allow me to clarify to you the confusion.
Augustus = Chocolate Covered Peanut
“Huh?”
Augustus = Chocolate Covered Peanut
“Um… am I being stupid here or do I not get it?”
You are obviously being stupid. JOKES, no you are not. But allow me to explain the very nerdy, very school-ish inspiration for this equation. I do not do maths anymore so perhaps you may take that into account for my nonsensical equation (Quick, maths teachers, cover those eyes!)
Augustus: After sitting on the sidelines and then fighting for power using the assassinated Julius Caesar’s influence and lots of wars, he grew to a very high position in Rome and basically changed a corrupted Republican system into a just Imperial system, despite the Roman hatred of autocracy. Yeah… he was pretty boss 🙂
He was ironically a very conservative man wanting to bring back the traditional morals of Rome (Huh?). Aided by his side man Agrippa, he did indeed succeed in this to a significant degree, but he twisted the Republican system with such finesse and to such a degree that it was all under his control, without the obviousness.
All under his control = Imperialism (even if no one said that word out loud!)
*NB*: I would tell you the whole story in detail but this post would go on forever!
Chocolate Covered Peanut: He was on the sidelines of the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie system, who distributed raisins ‘evenly’ throughout their cookies. They assassinated the Chocolate Chip and retook their place in society, as Chocolate Chip was gaining too much influence, leaving his legacy to Chocolate Covered Peanut who fought to get a high position in the Raisin System.
Chocolate Covered Peanut, too, believed in the full principle of being in a cookie, in fact he revered it, despite his power struggle to be picked over raisins. Slowly, with the help of Brown Butter, he subtly started turning the system around, putting himself and his supporters (fellow Chocolate Covered Peanuts) into cookies but with majority of raisins of course, though him and his supporters were obviously the tastiest.
Obviously the tastiest = Most revered ingredient in the cookie
Augustus = Chocolate Covered Peanut
Huh? Not anymore…
And that is the story of how a Chocolate Covered Peanut conquered and overruled the raisins in oatmeal-raisin cookies forever more… being subtle while controlling that cookie…
Oatmeal Raisin Choc-Peanut Cookies
Source: Adapted from Brown Eyed Baker
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups plain flour, sifted
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt (unless butter is salted)
- 230g butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbs golden syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 cups quick cooking/rolled oats
- ¾ cup raisins
- 1 1/4 cup chocolate-covered peanuts
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and line three large baking trays with baking paper
- Whisk the flour, salt (if using), baking powder and allspice together in a large bowl
- Brown butter with golden syrup until smells nutty then immediately stir through both sugars and keep mixing despite slightly gritty texture (the residual heat caramelises the sugar slightly!)
- Let mixture cool 10 minutes before adding in eggs, stirring through one at a time
- Stir through vanilla essence
- Pour the wet into the dry and mix with a wooden spoon till just combined
- Add in the oats, raisins and chocolate covered peanuts and evenly distribute through
- Optional: Refrigerate mixture covered by plastic for 3 hours or overnight for thicker cookies (I did not) – will not spread as much
- If mixture is too sticky, flour hands slightly and roll into small balls and place on the tray, 2 inches apart
- Bake until golden, around 18 to 20 minutes
- Let cool on a baking tray for 10 minutes before eating them placing them on a wire rack to cool at room temperature (30-ish minutes)
And that is my history lesson to you. Toodles darlings 😀
cookies made without creaming the butter? i can’t believe it! browned butter would add a lot of deliciousness, for sure–nice job!
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Yum! I really want to make these. They look so good.
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Holy Moly those cookies look so perfect! Your history lesson was great too ‘)
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These big ol’ cookies look delicious. One for each hand, please!
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Love chocolate covered peanuts and adding them to cookies?Pure genius!!
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This is my 3rd try posting my comments! Hope it goes thru…….Uru, u’re always tempting me with all your wonderful cookies!
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Uru, u’re always tempting me with all your wonderful cookies! I do enjoy your posts; be it silly or not. Hahaha!
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Uru, u’re always tempting me with your lovely bakes!
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Hahah these cookies definitely look like a worthy contender for conquering others 😛
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The best kind of cookie! I do enjoy chocolate covered peanuts or raisins occasionally.
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I love when cookies conquer!!! YUM! Oatmeal raisin cookies are ones I haven’t had in far too long.
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lol, I love this post, Uru. I’m so glad you set the record straight on the chocolate covered peanut (definitely one of the most delicious inventions of mankind). I LOVE that you used them in these thick, golden, perfect cookies.
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What a brilliant idea to add chocolate covered peanuts in cookies 🙂 my family would go wild with these cookies – another must try recipe Uru – thank you!!
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Talk about elevating the average peanut butter cookie- These look truly incredible! I would have never thought of trying so many daring add-ins at once, but they really sound like they would work well.
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oh these cookies look fabulous!
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I think the chocolate cover peanuts would definitely win out with me over raisins. Your cookies look wonderful. I have to try this recipe.
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i like the way you staging the coookies, looks so pro….
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Dear Choc,
your presentation of um, EVERYTHING–is GOrgeous! I want one of these RIGHT now!
Xxxx KISS from Me.
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I will just believe you on the history while I remain mesmorised by the beguiling idea of chocolate covered peanuts in cookies …
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Wow, these cookies look good! Please send some my way 😀
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Ha ha, I love your logic 🙂
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Great looking cookies… love chocolate and peanuts. 🙂
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loved the post! i haven’t had chocolate covered peanuts in ages, but now i’m totally wanting some and these cookies!
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Yuuuum. These look great Uru 🙂
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An excellent history lesson (!) and even better cookies! ! Allen.
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Of course. It all makes perfect sense. I just love how you’ve added chocolate peanuts – what a great idea. Your cookies look very yummy. Did you take them to school to share with your friends? You’d be very popular! xx
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Haha when I only facebook my creations, people throw knives at me for not bringing it to school 😉
Cheers
CCU
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You are such a clever, clever girl…cookies and a history lesson.
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Haha love how you tied this all together!! Chocolate covered peanuts are wonderful things…and baking them into cookies makes them even better!
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You are way too cute and funny, Uru! I loved History growing up, so you could have go on forever about Augustus and Agrippa and Rome, and I would have eaten it all up. Same thing with these cookies…I can eat them all up! And P.S., I love the way you British and Australians say “maths” – so totally brilliant!!!
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Haha thanks we and our maths are rather cute 😛
AND YAY another history buff!
Cheers
CCU
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The cookies look great!
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LOL I love how you said before “eating” them. I can never wait for my baked goods to cool down. Once they’re out of the oven they’d be in my belly! !
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OMG. I am sooooooo making these. You. Are. So. Smart.
I Do love oatmeal raisin cookies, but I love chocolate covered peanuts EVEN MORE.
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As always Uru, love your post! These cookies look delicious 🙂
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And then if we change to chocolate covered raisins, everyone will be happy. 🙂
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I knew there was a reason for our friendship 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Hello! I recently just started a youtube Korean food channel, EasyKoreanFood, where you can learn how to make fast and easy Korean food! It would mean the world to me if you took the time to check it out because I’m just starting out! Thanks!
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What a great idea to ad chocolate covered peanuts! Your cookies are so uniform; they look great!
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Ok Despite that confusing story I still like these cookies 😀 I just would grab a glass of milk.. 🙂
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I just adore your writing style…always makes me smile =) Happy weekend, my friend!!
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OMG genius!!! Choc covered peanuts always remind me of Christmas. I used to siphon through the bowl of peants/sultanas and eat all the nut ones lol. Mum used to ban me lol 😉
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YUM! I love a good cookie recipe, thank you.
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You write splendidly! I love chocolate covered peanuts and can only imagine how these taste! Looks perfect and scrumptious 🙂
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So cute! I love chocolate covered peanuts! What a yummy idea to put them in cookies! Wish I had one. Or four.
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Whatever you call them, these cookies sound great!
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WOW! I knew there was a reason I never took history at school! Shhhesh, so confusing… thankfull you added a delicious cookie recipe to the story 🙂
Love the idea of chocolate covered peanuts :0!
So hungry now
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Love the Roman history comparison! These cookies sound fantastic, and I wish I had some chocolate covered peanuts right now!
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I could use a dozen of these right now. Delicious looking.
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Love the recipe! Beautiful combination..they look fantastic!
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i love the way you say things – vanilla essence and golden syrup sound so much fancier than the American.
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Haha I know golden syrup is corn syrup but what is vanilla essence?
Cheers
CCU
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Vanilla extract
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Anything with chocolate in it, especially a cookie, I am on board for making it in my free time lol. I love this
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Oooo yum!! These looks fantastic…I would have never thought of adding chocolate covered peanuts to cookies!
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Never liked maths anyway but love history. When I was in Rome, I had the honor to find out in depth about Julius. Btw, its impressive what you did with the chocolate coated peanuts and as usual, I can count on you for unique cookies recipes.
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LOL, I feel somehow wiser…. and I want a cookie 😀
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OMGosh. I have a secret love for chocolate covered peanuts that I keep to myself. NOW…I can take it up to the next level! YUM!
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Great story! I’ve never tried using chocolate covered peanuts, lovely idea.
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Haha! I love it! They look great!
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Hehe a history lesson and a great recipe? What’s not to love? 😛
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Ooooo…these sound wonderful! And they look beautiful!!
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Haha.. I wish you had been my history teacher:D I bet you’d hand out those cookies to make your point! xx
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Haha if I ever became a teacher, there would ‘cake friday’ and ‘cookie monday’ 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Oh CCU, these are so great! I only wish I had a nice little stack of them right now! 🙂 I think the peanut candy must add quite a bit of fun to the recipe, and I already know they add flavor! Hooray!
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This is pure torture looking at these cookies as in best case scenario it would take me at least an hour to whip a batch up and for sure they would not be as good as yours. Are you getting my comments CCU? Can you please let me know? Take care, BAM
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Yep, I am getting every comment my friend 😀
I am sorry I no longer reply each time though, study limits a lot! And thank you, I wish I could make up a batch for you!
Cheers
CCU
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yummy looking cookies!tempting me..
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My husband would love these cookies! He’s all about big, soft cookies like this! I’m a thin crispy cookie girl myself. 🙂
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Oh my gosh, Uru….what a brilliant idea! If you are going to add peanuts to a recipe, why not chocolate covered!?! I love it! Great recipe!
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Fabulous cookies Uru!
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I love these, They really look much better from what I see in stores.
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These look scrumptious! I would like a couple dozen please.
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How clever, dear friend! 🙂
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Chocolate covered peanuts in cookies?! Super yummy idea my friend 🙂
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These choc-peanut cookies must be very yummy… or maybe NOT! Huh? :p
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I’m coming to live with you!
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Looks beautiful these cookies, I love the addition of the chocolate peanuts…I just need a cup of tea or coffee to go with them.
Enjoy the rest of your week 🙂
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I love history with my recipes. These cookies look delicious and your tutorial was terrific. I hope all is well. Have a great day. Mary
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Huh? Ha! Really funny. Good post, too – I need some of these. 😉 Thanks for this.
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Tasty looking cookies!
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I just knew you’d have a good answer & a great recipe to go with it. Very clever idea.
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What a brilliant idea to add choc-covered peanuts to cookies – YUM!
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Huh! I’m not sure I understood everything you so nobly attempted to explain, CCU. However, the pictures you’ve taken with this post have just become my all-time favorites.
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Going to find some choc-covered peanuts, STAT! These look so good!
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You’re title confused me a tad but your explanation made me smile which is always a good start to any day 🙂
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That’s a history lesson worth paying attention to! I was intrigued the moment chocolate covered peanuts were mentioned!
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Can this be how we teach history ALL the time? 😉 Delicious cookies CCU!
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Oatmeal cookies are really one of my personal favourites. You’ve inspired me to bake some tonight!
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hahahaa!! That’s one of the whackiest post I have read in a while. I like 🙂
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Loving these cookies! So much good stuff going on inside; oatmeal, raisins, (chocolate covered) peanuts. They’re practically health food! 😉
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You are too cute! Your lack of maths has accelerated your knowledge of world history…and if that’s why you invented this amazing cookie, I heartily approve (though I always loved math more than English or History!). Yummy cookies, my friend!
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I am of he mindset that “raisins are always optional” (Alton Brown quote). Chocolate covered peanuts, however, rock. I love the chunkiness of these cookies. Love the history lesson too, it’s been a while since I did Roman history 🙂
Nazneen
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We love peanut butter and chocoalte, so these cookies are perfect for our afternoon tea!
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hahahaaaa you’re hilarious! I def. think chocolate covered peanuts are superior to raisins 😉
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I want these NOW. Your cookies look SO puffy and perfect!!!
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Huh? I’m confused as to why I’ve never thought of this! Looks divine!
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Those cookies look so soft and delicious, cake like almost. I love the technique and all the additions. Delicious!!
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Oh, Uru. You crack me up.
Remind me to never get into a land war with chocolate covered peanuts.
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You crack me up!
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I bet these taste wild with that crazy ingredient 🙂
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As a chocolate and peanuts lover, I would leave out the raisins (or at the least reduce it) and add more chocolate covered peanuts.
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What a fabulous idea! Why didn’t I ever think of that?
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Lovely, lovely … and more lovely – maybe I should give this a try .. not a cookie baking person – have to check out the chocolate covered peanuts.
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I’ve never thought of this, gotta try it!
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Those cookies look so great! YUM! more importantly – I want your mom’s dining room suit like, right now! It is so cool. What a great set!
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A perfect way of repeating history, much more interesting Uru! Choco covered peanuts were `the´ snack to have at the movies when I was growing up.They are still amazing, so this cookie must be amazing too. Is this your way of pretending to study while baking…?!
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These cookies are doubly good! Poor Augustus… “huh”. 🙂
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Loving the chocolate covered peanuts.
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Waw! Your cookies look so adorable & appetizing too! A must make soon! 🙂 Yummmm!
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Obviously I’m too sleepy to get the post but … cookies. Yummy. 🙂
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Haha sweet dreams 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Ahaha you should turn into a History teacher (of culinary events, at least). Saved this one for later. You can’t beat two things: chunky cookies AND chocolated covered peanuts.
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I have a feeling history will be repeating itself in my oven, too. 🙂 Thanks for your new take on an old favorite, Uru! Now if I can just get “Agrippa” on one of those cookies…
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Cookies with chocolate covered peanuts sounds delicious! LOL at your equation, thanks for this history lesson 🙂
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I will remember to enlist Brown Butter’s help next time I need to organize a coup in the kitchen. 🙂 A very creative post I must say CCU — thanks for teaching us about Agustus and the power of chocolate covered peanuts! The cookies look awesome!
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I really would love to have several of these for breakfast right now…thank goodness they are locked up in this computer. 😉 The subtle king would be proud.
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Great addition to my favorite cookies! Thanks for sharing such a womderfiul recipe…
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droooool. You left out an important part – how on earth do you NOT eat all those delish choc covered peanuts before adding them to the mix. Any advice?
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Um…. store them under lock and key? Sorry, I had two packets so… 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Ooh, I love chocolate coated peanuts – what a grand idea adding them to cookies!
🙂 Mandy
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I love chocolate covered peanuts but never thought to add them to cookies! You’re genius 😉 These look so good!
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