Not your average peanut butter cookie

I might have mentioned earlier that I have a bit of an addiction to peanut butter.  When I came across this recipe, I thought it was too good to be true.  It was not.  The cookies are soft but have a crunch on the outside.  Mine were a hair too dry so I will have to make a minor adjustment, but it did not keep me from eating some.

Preheat your oven to 350 F.

List of ingredients:
1 boxed cake mix - yellow
1/2 cup oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs

That's it!  I literally just threw everything into the bowl and started mixing.  Once it began to get to get stiff, I abandoned my fork and finished mixing with my hands.  It will form a ball...

Once you get the batter all mixed up, form small balls and place on a cookie sheet.  I sprayed my cookie sheet very lightly with non-stick spray.  The batter is thick, so it did not run.

After I had all the little dough balls on the cookie tray, I flattened them out a bit.  Again, I just used my hands to do this.  

Put the cookie tray in the oven and bake for about 6-8 minutes.  You may need to play with this.  My oven runs a bit hot.  When the cookies begin to brown around the edges, remove them from the oven.  Use a clean fork to make the criss-cross pattern and then onto the cooling rack.

If you can wait until the cool...do that.  Otherwise, pop one in your mouth and enjoy!