Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies.

I’m sharing with you a classic recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies. I have two peanut butter cookie recipes that I love! The other one I use often to make heart shaped peanut butter cookies and peanut butter blossom cookies.

There was a point in my life where just about the only cookies I would bake were peanut butter cookies. I would make them over and over again because I like them that much! Thankfully I did branch out and start making sugar cookies, etc. again.

I have to warn you the cookie dough is pretty sticky so I like to use a cookie scoop to drop the cookies onto the baking sheet. Then you flatten them down by making a criss cross shape across the top with a fork.

Makes about 24 cookies.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

 

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Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1¼ cups all purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
2. In a mixing bowl add sugar, brown sugar, & butter together & stir beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add peanut butter, egg, & vanilla & mix until smooth & creamy.
3. Add flour, baking powder & baking soda & mix until well combined.
4. Scoop into 1.5 inch balls & place on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten each ball using a fork making a criss-cross pattern on top.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges start to slightly brown. (Don't over bake or your cookies will turn out hard).

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