Peanut Butter Cookies
If there is a Hall of Fame for cookies, peanut butter cookies hold a place of honor, along with chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. They also happen to be my husband's favorite cookie, the one cookie he requests when I’m in a cookie making mood.
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Ingredients:
| 1/2 cup | butter (1 stick, 4 ounces, 112 g), room temperature |
| 1/2 cup | (100 g) white granulated sugar |
| 1/2 cup | (110 g) packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 cup | (130 g) peanut butter |
| 1 | egg |
| 1 1/4 cups | (160 g) all purpose flour |
| 3/4 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/2 teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1/4 teaspoon | salt |
Directions:
1 Beat the butter, add sugars, mix in peanut butter and egg: Beat the butter until creamy, 2 minutes. Add the brown sugar and white sugar, beat for 2 more minutes. Mix in the peanut butter and the egg.
2 Whisk dry ingredients, stir into sugar butter mixture: Vigorously whisk together the dry ingredients—the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt—in a separate bowl. Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar butter mixture.
3 Chill the dough: Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
4 Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
5 Shape into balls, flatten with a fork: Shape the dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place the balls of dough about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork.
6 Bake: Bake at 375°F (190°C) until light brown, about 9 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool in their baking sheets for a minute. After a minute, transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
For chewier cookies, bake at 300°F (150°C) for 15 minutes.
Source: simplyrecipes.com
