Peanut Butter Favorites

Named appropriately, these cookies are favorites of all my friends who enjoy peanut butter cookies. Once you eat one it’s hard to resist having seconds, thirds, or more!

Ingredients:

¾ c peanut butter

1 stick butter*

1 ¼ c flour

½ c sugar

½ c brown sugar

1 egg*

1 t baking soda

¼ t baking powder

*at room temperature

Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease a cookie sheet.

Sift the dry ingredients into a small bowl and set aside. In a large bowl cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add the eggs one at a time until combined. Blend in the peanut butter. While mixing, slowly add the dry ingredients until combined but still a dry consistency. Be careful not to overmix here—if the dough gets too wet the cookies will not have a delicious crumbly texture.

Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place on the cookie sheet approximately 2’’ apart. With a fork cross each cookie then place in the oven and bake 10-15 minutes until set and the edges are browning. Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving to a cooling rack.