Rich, simple and delicious peanut butter cookies
30 minutes, 24 cookies
| 1 ¼ cups | Flour |
| ½ tsp | Salt |
| ½ tsp | Baking Soda |
| ½ tsp | Baking Powder |
| 1 stick | Butter - softened |
| 1 cup | Creamy peanut butter (room temperature) |
| 1 cup | Brown sugar, packed |
| 1 ½ tsp | Vanilla |
| 1 | Egg |
| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. |
| 2. Line two cookie sheets with parchment. |
| 3. Combine flour (1 ¼ cups), baking powder (½ tsp), baking soda (½ tsp), and salt (½ tsp) in a bowl. |
| 4. In a mixer bowl (or a separate bowl if hand mixing), beat butter (1 stick), peanut butter (1 cup), vanilla (1 ½ tsp), and brown sugar (1 cup) until creamy. |
| 5. Add egg (1) to the butter/peanut butter bowl and mix until combined. |
| 6. Add flour mixture to the butter/peanut butter bowl. |
| 7. Mix gently by hand, just until combined. (Not over-working cookie dough is the secret to crumbly tender cookies.) © FirstPageRecipes.com |
| 8. Drop loosely formed balls of dough (No need to make round balls with your hands) onto baking sheets, approximately 1 ½ inches each. |
| 9. Use a fork to press down on top of each ball in a criss-cross pattern. |
| 10. Bake for 12-15 minutes. |
| 11. Allow to fully cool - they are fragile when warm. |
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