The first time I tried this recipe, I foolishly put the water and peanut butter in the mixer bowl first. Of course, when I added the dry ingredients, it all became a tedious mess to get mixed. Now I do it the other way and the wet ingredients work right in. After you've got the first 11 ingredients mixed as well as you can, start adding #12 (the extra water) a little at a time, til you have a dough that you can roll out without getting your hands sticky. If it gets sticky, you've gone too far and you'll have to add more flour to correct it. It should come out about like Play Dough.
After it seems right, I work it into a nice smooth ball with the heel of my hand and turn it out onto a floured towel. Then I use the heel of my hands to work it out into a thick pizza shell. When it's about 1" thick, I roll it the rest of the way with a rolling pin. I cut it into strips about 1 X 3, so they're easy to pick up out of the "cookie jar" when the tricks or treaters are coming and I need a distraction for my own little tricksters. This dough doesn't form shapes very well, but you can cut it into smaller pieces. The recipe only makes about a large cookie sheet full.
Bake for 45 minutes. Then slide them off onto a cool cookie sheet and put it in your microwave to cool for an hour or so before letting them test them.
Storage: This recipe doesn't make too many, so I just keep ours in a jar with a loose lid on the counter. They're not too moist, or I'd refrigerate them!
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