Peanut Butter Cookies
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PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the sugars and cream for 2 more minutes.
Mix in the peanut butter and eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients and stir into the butter mixture.
Refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork.
Bake until light brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for a minute, then transfer to rack to cool.
Yield: 4 dozen
PRINTABLE RECIPE
Yields 48
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the sugars and cream for 2 more minutes.
- Mix in the peanut butter and eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients and stir into the butter mixture.
- Refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork.
- Bake until light brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for a minute, then transfer to rack to cool.