Ingredients
- 1 (12 oz.) jar creamy peanut butter
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks softened)
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
Preparation
Step 1
About 2 ¼ hours before serving or early in day:
1. Into large bowl, measure all ingredients. With mixer at low speed, beat ingredients just until blended. Increase speed to medium beat until well mixed, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
2. Preheat oven to 375deg. With hands, shape dough into 1 ½ inch balls, 2 inches apart, on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each ball slightly with fingers.
3. Dip a 4-tined fork into flour and press deeply across top of each cookie, then repeat at right angles to flatten cookie to 2 inches in diameter.
4. Bake cookies about 15 minutes or just until cookies are lightly browned. Cool cookies slightly on cookie sheet on wire rack. Then with pancake turner, remove cookies to wire racks to cool completly