Peanut Butter Cookies

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

Preparation

Step 1

Line pans with parchment paper.

In large bowl, beat butter with peanut butter; beat in sugar and brown sugar. Beat in egg (one at a tie if recipe doubled); beat in vanilla. In separate bowl, whisk flour with baking soda; stir into butter mixture until blended.

roll by rounded tablespoonful into balls. Place 2" apart on pans. Press with fork to flatten to 1/2" thickness. Bake in top and bottom thirds of 350º oven, rotating and switching pans halfway through, until golden on bottoms and edges are darkened, 12 - 15 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool. Store in airtight container for 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months.