Which Brand Makes the Best Peanut Butter? | Full Episode | Cooks Country (S12 E13)
Homemade pot pies has been a staple since the 5th century BC, but today, Bridget Lancaster and Christie Morrison modernize the dish with a recipe for double-crust chicken pot pie that features a major time-saving hack. Then Jack Bishop and Julia taste test creamy peanut butter, to find the best brand for your next PB&J. Finally, Julia and Ashley Moore bake a batch of hearty Cowboy Cookies, the ultimate frontier-style treat.
Double-Crust Chicken Pot Pie Recipe:https://cooks.io/3Rbdaxg
Cowboy Cookies Recipe: https://cooks.io/4cHFIab
The Best Creamy Peanut Butter: https://cooks.io/4cNy78E
Winner: https://cooks.io/42L7r3L
00:00 Intro
01:11 Double-Crust Chicken Pot Pie
13:59 Which Peanut Butter Brand is Best?
19:31 Cowboy Cookies
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39 Comments
I eat Smucker’s Natural (stir well and then store upside down) cause I hate sweet peanut butter. Bake with Skippy.
That pot pie looks so gooood! Incredible!
I was hooked on ADAMS peanut butter but it got hard to find when Smuckers bought them.
kroger natural crunchy
Palm oil🤮
Peter Pan tastes stale to me, not trying the palm oil version.
The Chicken Pot Pie looked really good, but for me personally, I prefer a smooth, silky gravy consistency on the inside. This pie's gravy appeared to be a bit dried up. As for Peanut Butter, I prefer Skippy, or Jif. I have tried numerous Natural Peanut Butter brands, but I haven't liked the taste of any of them.
I’m an old woman and I’m always irritated when the sweetened, hydrogenated peanut butters are referred to as “classic”. No, sir, they are not.
What we now call “natural “ peanut butter is the classic peanut butter. The Peter Pan version is the new-fangled one.
Skippy. Didn't need to watch this.
My daughter went to Italy 🇮🇹 and all her husband’s family wanted them to bring was the hydrogenated peanut butter because they don’t sell it in Italy.
Listen, palm oil is not good for you. That’s why you should go with natural peanut butter.
I"m a JIF guy.
Kraft just peanuts, crunchy. No contest.
The best peanut butter is KRAFT. Unfortunately, it is made in Canada and is not available in the US. Bummer for you guys. 😉
Laura scudder all natural pb made by smuckers.
Regarding the intro between Julia and Bridgett for the pot pie segment… I wonder how many times they had to reshoot that scene? 0:35 to 0:45 was HILARIOUS
Please help me, long years ago, didn't Annette Funchello advertise Skippy,,,?
THE BIGE$T $PON$OR I$ THE BE$T !!
I really don't understand why anyone would eat peanut flavored Crisco with a spoon?
Diabling downvotes is HILARIOUS. Never subbing. Clowns.
17:11 😂 what!?
Whole wheat bread with a peanut butter sandwich…Jesus
Skippy has been my favorite since childhood.
I'm happy with any peanut butter that's creamy, I don't want to chew my peanut butter!!
Frankenbutters.
Cook's Country needs some Ozempic.
Wrong – Teddie PB is the best. How can you backstab a Massachusetts company?! 😄
Jiff or Skippy natural with honey. Or Justins with Honey if I want to splurge.
🇨🇦 Kraft
here's a thought.. regarding your peanut butter. Although I'm not a fan of Whole foods, for a few reasons. head over there and grind your own peanut butter. or Almond butter. or honey roasted peanut butter. You see, they have a machine that will grind FRESH peanuts, Almond or honey roasted peanuts… So forget the processing and preservatives that these have. And get true peanut butter.
Plain regular Peter Pan or Jif. It's what I grew up with and while I have tried other brands these two meet my expectations.
I'm a Peter Pan and Nothing but Peter Pan kinda guy.. I'm not really a Natural flavor one.. I do like the crunchy and the Honey versions.. I've tried the others but I just don't care for them. I find that the peanut butter that folks like is the one they grew up on.
Smuckers Natural Chunky has the best flavor.
We can't get that in Canada, you guys get everything
The pot pie looks good, the only thing I would change is make in a deep dish pie pan. You are thumb down on the peanut butter. Use only Organic fresh ground Extra crunchy. The cookies I make are close to them but I add walnuts, sunflower seeds, raisins, dried wild blueberries and a bit on cinnamon.
Choosy Mother`s choose Jiff.
I wish they'd take the show on the road. Lotta people in Chicago would love to participate in the taste tests.
It's Skippy Damm it!!
Teddie's is the best peanut butter