On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:15:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:46:22 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
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> > Coworker brought some cookies to work that his mom made a week ago and
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> > his kids wouldn't eat them. Chocolate chip cookies (kind of tasted like
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> > the Tollhouse recipe) with peanuts added instead of walnuts or pecans or
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> > "girl cookies".
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> > I really liked the peanut taste, even better than more expensive nuts.
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> > If I want to make some, should I use skinless raw peanuts, or unsalted
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> > roasted peanuts?
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> Th peanuts won't burn or overcook in the time and temp it takes to
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> bake your average cookie (or brownie). If you're making peanut
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> brittle where the peanuts WILL cook in hot syrup then raw is the way
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> to go, but pre-roasted is fine for cookies. Salted or unsalted is up
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> to you. Most of the salt will rub off when you mix the dough so you
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> won't notice it on the peanuts themselves.
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I second what Steve wrote. I find uncooked peanuts rather repulsive, like raw sunflower seeds or raw potatoes.
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> -sw

--Bryan