Baking question

[thejnaitor]

Hey guys,

Have any of you ever tried substituting peanut butter for cow butter in a cookie recipe or something like that? It seems like it would work fine, and make it taste better (since I love peanut butter) but I don't know. I am thinking of making oatmeal cookies with raisins, apricots and walnuts, and using peanut butter. Your thoughts?

 

[MisterJackson]

what?

 

[olds]

Heat some up in a pan and see if it melts like butter.

 

[lobbyone]

hmmm...cow butter, like just plain butter? Go ahead and try it, then let us know!

 

[blue1friday2]

cow butter? LOL

 

[RagingBITCH]

Did a 2nd grader tell you that?

 

[ch33zw1z]

PB rules, eat it everyday. give it a shot and post back. Don't make the first batch very big!

 

[Bryophyte]

Don't think it works like that.

 

[djheater]

This is a bad idea.

In most recipes you sub unsweetened apple sauce for oil (butter too, mostly).

Many recipes require butter to taste like they're supposed to, why would you skip it?

 

[BooGiMaN]

im speechless...

 

[FoBoT]

no
i don't think so
you can add peanut butter, but peanut butter =! butter

 

[zinfamous]

think abotu physics and a little biology here:

at what states do each exist at room temperature? Butter is more of a liquid while Peanut butter is solid

Also, butter is derived from fat while peanut butter is based on oil. not the same at all, and will not have the same effect when baked.

but don't listem to me. just fire it up and see what happens.

Don't forget to send pics of the cookies, and describe how sick they make you.

 

[FoBoT]

i think the "butter" part of the name "peanut butter" tricked him


peanut butter isn't butter and doesn't contain butter

the only reason its called peanut butter is because you can spread it onto bread, like you can spread butter onto bread

 

[txrandom]

I hope you aren't joking.

 

[lobbyone]

Man, just put peanut butter and your cow butter, make something new!

 

[blackdogdeek]

i think it's fine.

i cook with baby oil when i run out of olive oil since it seems like it would work fine and make things much softer.

 

[FoBoT]

:Q

:laugh:

baby oil :laugh:

 

[biggestmuff]

try it in a small batch. They're both fats. Add a little milk or water to help thin it.

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: txrandom
I hope you aren't joking.

Why would you hope that?

 

[cyclistca]

You could use margarine but I would not use peanut butter.

 

[eakers]

i'd try half-half

 

[everman]

Peanut butter is about the consistency of the cookie dough itself, so just add it to the original recipe including butter.

 

[alkemyst]

sometimes you cook like a nut, sometimes you don't.

 

[loup garou]

Aaron Neville recommends sweet cocoa buttaa-hahahaaaa!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
try it in a small batch. They're both fats. Add a little milk or water to help thin it.

Peanut butter contains fats but IT IS NOT A FAT