Bret's Recipe Collection

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

½cup butter, softened
½cup brown sugar
½cup white sugar
¾cup peanut butter
1egg
teaspoon vanilla
1⅓cup flour
½teaspoon baking powder
½teaspoon baking soda
¼teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Mix in peanut butter, egg, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture, and mix until combined.

Portion dough into 1‑inch balls (about 2 tablespoons). Place on a baking sheet spaced 2 to 3 inches apart, then press a fork into each cookie to make a cross-hatch design. Bake for about 9 minutes.

Yield: about 2 dozen