Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Soft and delicious cookies with the right balance of peanut butter. Makes about 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter, softened

• ½ cup white sugar

• ½ cup packed brown sugar

• ½ cup creamy peanut butter

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• 1 egg

• 1¼  cups all-purpose flour

  
  

Directions:

1. Beat butter, white sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a stand mixer until smooth.

2. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beater with a spatula. Add egg and mix for about 1 minute.

3. Slowly mix in flour with the mixer on low. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beater. Mix on medium until combined, about 30 seconds.

4. Form dough into a ball, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

5. Preheat oven to 375°F.

6. Portion out cookie dough in equal-sized balls on a baking sheet covered with a silicone baking mat. Use damp hands to roll dough into smooth balls if needed. Stamp each ball with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.

7. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes until golden.

8. Leave on the baking sheet for 1 minute before transferring to a wire cooling rack.