This variant of peanut butter cookies has no egg or baking soda, and uses vegetable oil instead of butter/margarine; it adds honey.
½ cup (120 ml) peanut butter
¼ cup (60 ml) honey
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ¼ cups (300 ml) whole wheat pastry flour (other flours likely work fine)
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Cream all ingredients except flour together.
Add flour and mix sparingly—it should be dry enough to form into balls by hand without sticking.
Form into walnut-sized balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Flatten with a fork by pressing the tines of the fork across the cookie. Repeat going in the other direction to make a criss-cross pattern.
Bake for about 8–10 minutes.
8–10 minutes