Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies

In my quest this past Saturday for a simple, no bake cookie recipe, I came across numerous images online of this cornflake cookie. 

I have never heard of a cornflake cookie, but it looked REALLY easy to make and sounded like something my son and his friends would enjoy (and apparently the adults too because by the end of the evening they were all gone!)

First of all, I have to say they were not as easy as I expected. And maybe I did something wrong. Maybe I measured out the ingredients wrong, though I'm sure I didn't....whatever the case, it was nearly impossible to stir for quite some time and then trying to form the cookies was a small feat - not only that, in the end, the results didn't look anything like what I saw online with soft, silky looking peanut butter coating the flakes.  Mine looked more like a lump.  I ended up drizzling melted chocolate across the top to fancy this non fancy up some.

The recipe is pretty basic.
You'll Need:

6 Cups of Cornflakes

1 Cup of Sugar

1 Cup of Corn Syrup 

Jar of Peanut Butter - 18oz

Chocolate to melt, drizzle and fancy
Parchment or Wax Paper

* This amount gave me two full plates of cookies.

Directions:

Place the sugar and syrup in a sauce pan and bring to boil over medium heat.

Remove it from the heat once melted and add the peanut butter.

Stir until its all melted/blended together.

Pour the mixture over the cornflakes and toss them until they are covered.
* here is my issue, it seemed I didn't have enough of this mixture and this contributed to me having a hard time making the cookie lumps.

Spoon onto parchment paper and once its totally cooled you can drizzle some melted chocolate on it.

Eat, Enjoy, Eat Some More.

Sriracha Peanut Butter Cookies

(Original Recipe from The Sugar Pixie)

By now everyone knows what Sriracha is, you know, Rooster Sauce...  and if you don't know, you should probably try it. It goes great with almost everything, like ketchup. Even in ketchup.  And on eggs, and rice, and noodles, and soup, and peanut butter cookies...  ??   Apparently so.  I found this recipe by The Sugar Pixie, and really I couldn't wrap my head around the idea at first.  But then I thought, it has to be good - especially because the hoisin dipping sauce used for the fresh garden rolls I eat have peanut butter and Sriracha..  so its got to be good. Has to be. Must be.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• 1 cup of peanut butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 large egg - lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 tsp of Sriracha (more/less depending on you)
• Granulated sugar for dipping.

* NOTE - you can use any peanut butter cookie recipe

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the peanut butter and sugar together first.
• Slowly add in the egg, vanilla, and Sriracha. 
• Scoop out about 1.5 tbs of dough and roll into a ball.
• Dip the top of the balls into the granulated sugar and place them 1.5 inches apart on the baking sheet.
• Flatten the dough balls and make a cross pattern on the cookie with a fork.
• Bake for 10-12 mins. The edges should be golden brown.
• Let them cool for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

You're either going to love it or turn your nose up. Luckily for me, they weren't favored very much by everyone else in my house....more delicious greatness for me!!