Peanut Butter Cookies

By gilligan1963

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in small bowl, set aside.

Combine peanut butter with butter in large bowl and beat with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in sugars, then eggs and vanilla until blended. Beat in flour mixture until just blended.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Arrange cookies on ungreased baking sheets 2 inches apart. Gently flatten each cookie and press crisscross pattern into tops with fork dipped in sugar.

Bake 12 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool completely on wire rack.