Last weekend, wandering down lower Fifth Avenue, I found myself in need of a small treat, and so headed to City Bakery, home of this curious-looking cookie. As soon as I tasted it, I felt like I was nine again, opening up my lunch box and pulling out Mom’s dessert. However, those (and every other peanut-butter cookie I’ve ever had) were flat, chewy, and maybe a little soft. City Bakery’s cookie is a mound, like a scoop of ice cream (maybe they don’t add baking powder, to keep the dough from spreading once in the oven?). The texture inside is different, too: powdery and fine, slightly crumbly, and firm throughout–no chewiness here. And yet, it retains the nostalgic flavor of the classic. Plus, it’s tiny and fifty cents–a quick, mostly guilt-free afternoon treat.
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