CombODDnation: Easiest Nutbutter Cookies

The people have spoke; yes I'm listening.  You instantly pushed the Butter Cookies recipe to the second most viewed posting in my history, and first place is the Date 'n Nut Pie Crust.

It appears you like your gluten free sweets.
This considered, I have recipes that I have no business holding out on.

On to it, let's make the easiest cookies you've ever made.  Traditionally these are peanut butter cookies, but all nut butters work equally well.  I've made them with almond butter and also with hazelnut butter, so try whatever you fancy.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees, get all three ingredients out, and let's get started.  This makes about 18 cookies, you may consider doubling it.

Add 1/2 of an 18 oz tub of nut butter.  (So that'll be 9 oz)  This is peanut butter shown.

 Cream 1 cup sugar into this.  Yours may not be as dark if you used white sugar.

 

(I used dark brown.  Any real sugar is good.  I found that if using any sort of fake sugar, more than half fake sugar makes for slightly crumbly cookies, they're still yummy, though, so that's okay.

So mix in that egg.

When the egg's all mixed in, start making little balls of dough, about an inch wide diameter.  This doesn't have to be any where near exact, they end up different sizes and that's perfectly fine.
Dipping each in a bowl of sugar is optional, a nice touch.
Squish them with a fork.

Bake them for 10 minutes at 300 degrees.
Pull them out, for a moment they will look a little gooey/bubbly because the (pea)nut butter is actually still a bit melted.
It cools to a perfect bread texture.

Easiest cookies in the world.  Nobody is ever going to know they are gluten free (but I still label mine as such because that way people know not to put wheat cookies on top of them at parties).  People are going to love these.

Enjoy!