Culinary Adventures with Camilla

These peanut butter cookies were a family affair when we filmed this for the Culinary Cam YouTube channel. Here's a behind the scenes shot as they heckled me for making Peanut Butter Miso Cookies . Sometimes you just need to go back to the basics, right? And I love that these can be made in about 30 minutes with ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. Watch the video on my channel...or here... Ingredients  makes approximately 20 cookies 2/3 cup organic peanut butter (I used crunchy) 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature 3/4 cup organic dark brown sugar, lightly packed 1/3 cup organic granulated sugar plus more for rolling 1 egg 1-1/2 cups flour  1/2 teaspoon baking soda Also needed: baking sheet with parchment paper or silicon mat; cookie scoop, optional; fork Procedure Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Whisk together the flour and baking soda in a small mixing bowl. Place 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a separate bowl for rolling the cookies later. Set ...

When I was doing some research for a collaboration with Dineen Vineyards, I came across their recipe for Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies . All of those words make my little foodie heart go pitter-patter. But I didn't have white miso and tried it with red miso.  Even for this savory-leaning gal, it was too much. So I ended up dipping the cookies in chocolate to mask the overpowering miso flavor. Then I set about testing different proportions for peanut butter to miso. I even added in some tahini in one batch.  Even though I liked this version, my peanut gallery still responded: Why do you have to try to put together peanut butter and miso?!? Those really don't go well. Maybe I should get some white miso and try that. "Maybe you should just stop with the miso cookies!"  Well, fine. Some people might like them. So, I'm sharing the recipe because I like them.   Ingredients makes approximately 20 cookies 225 grams (or 1-1/2 cups for volume measurements) flour  1/2 teaspo...

For the holidays my mom received pounds and pounds of raw peanuts from her friend who has a peanut farm in Virginia. I considered making peanut butter, but after I roasted them, my family was just eating them by the handful. I was lucky enough to hide away a few cups and used some to top my favorite cookie: peanut butter cookies! Ingredients  makes approximately 20 cookies Roasted Peanuts 5 to 6 cups raw, shelled peanuts Also needed: baking sheet, mixing bowl, cooling rack that the peanuts don't fall through Peanut Butter Cookies 1 stick (1/2 C) butter, softened 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter 3/4 cup organic granulated sugar 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon baking soda coarse sugar for garnishing oven roasted peanuts for garnishing Procedure Roasted Peanuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.  Spread shelled peanuts on prepared baking sheet and p...