Peanut butter cookies. This salty, sweet, nutty, buttery treat is a classic. I used to think of the homemade peanut butter cookies; always a little oily but oh so delicious. Second I used to think of Nutter Butters; peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies w a peanut butter cream filling.

Since getting Jesse Szewczyk’s book Cookies: The New Classics, the only peanut butter cookies for me are the PB&J Crème Pies. These are out of this world amazing: the soft texture of a crème pie with all the nostalgia of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I can not recommend this book enough! Everything I have made so far is delicious.