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Easy peanut butter cookies have only 4 ingredients and are perfect for the solar oven. A few adjustments make a gluten free,dairy free, egg free version that is just as delicious as the original recipe.
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Recipe type: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
  • 1 cup sugar (plus extra to roll the cookie ball in if desired)
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the solar oven while preparing the cookies.
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In a mixing bowl, cream together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, and flour until crumbly.
  4. Form the dough into a ball. Dip in extra sugar if desired. Place on the cookie sheet.
  5. Using a fork, flatten the ball and form the stripe or cross hatch pattern on top.
  6. Place uncovered into the hot solar oven. Bake in the solar oven about 1 hour, until browned.
  7. Remove from oven. Let cool one minute, then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
My cookies baked about an hour at 300 degrees on a hot and sunny day. Actual cooking time will vary depending on the type of solar cooker, the weather, and the amount of food being cooked. For best results, and the shortest cooking time, keep the oven pointed directly into the sun.

To make the gluten free, dairy free, egg free version of this recipe, I substituted an egg replacer for the egg, and Cup 4 Cup gluten free flour for the regular flour. The cookies baked about an hour in the solar oven. The cookies tasted almost identical to the original recipe.

To bake in a regular oven, follow the same directions and bake at 350 degrees for 6 minutes.
Recipe by Sunshine On My Shoulder Solar Cooking Guide at https://www.sunshineonmyshoulder.com/easy-peanut-butter-cookies-solar-cooking/