Peanut butter cookies

I know there was a thread a while back about cooking with the peanut butter in the UK vs. the US.  I've always cooked with something like Jif in the US.  Will cooking with the peanut butter here make peanut butter cookies any softer or any crisper than using a US peanut butter?  My husband and I have found the peanut butter here to be a bit softer than what we're used to and, when using it in soup, the soup tends to be a little thinner.  Just wondered if it might have an effect on cookies, so I know how to adjust the cooking time, etc.

I use Skippy I buy in Costco by the massive jar w/my Southern Living cookbook and the cookies come out just fine. 

I should take a trip down to Costco sometime.

I do have a secret stash of Jif over here, but don't want to use it up on a batch of cookies!

I use UK peanut butter to bake with and haven't had any problems.

I always used the peanut butter available in Scotland, no problems.

But, may I ask...peanut butter in soup?  What kind of soup?

I should take a trip down to Costco sometime.

I do have a secret stash of Jif over here, but don't want to use it up on a batch of cookies!

if your husband is employed by the university, you should be eligible for membership.  just go in w/his staff ID and a utility bill or council tax book.

I think in the last thread most people used or suggested that you use the Nature's Ówn brand or one of the more natural peanut butters available.  They are not thin at all.  You can use chuncky or smooth.

I have used both and they work fine.  That or you can buy Skippy in most stores in England..at Sainbury's... though I don't know about Scotland!

I always used the peanut butter available in Scotland, no problems.

But, may I ask...peanut butter in soup?  What kind of soup?

I'm interested in this peanut butter soup too... 

if your husband is employed by the university, you should be eligible for membership.  just go in w/his staff ID and a utility bill or council tax book.

Yes, we opened a membership when we moved, but haven't been back down that way in a while.  It is a bit of a hike!

But, may I ask...peanut butter in soup? What kind of soup?

Oh, its a spicy peanut soup, with finely diced red bell peppers, carrots, potatoes, and celery, with a handful of corn thrown in.  Veggie broth and peanut butter.  Marvelous!  Only it ended up pretty thin with the peanut butter we used here, and so we had to thicken it with a little corn starch.

I think I'll see if I can pick up a thicker peanut butter to try in my cookies. 

Oh, its a spicy peanut soup, with finely diced red bell peppers, carrots, potatoes, and celery, with a handful of corn thrown in.  Veggie broth and peanut butter.  Marvelous!  Only it ended up pretty thin with the peanut butter we used here, and so we had to thicken it with a little corn starch.

I think I'll see if I can pick up a thicker peanut butter to try in my cookies. 

That sounds GREAT!!