How to Cook Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies. Very good cookies with just a little tweaking. Just for something a little different I threw in a package of chocolate/peanut butter swirl chips. Because the dough is made with butter, chill the dough till somewhat. The hash mark may be one of the most prevalent symbols in modern life, but it's been the "mark" of peanut butter cookies for more than eighty years, and for good reason. Pressing a hash mark into each cookie ensures this dense dough will flatten out and bake evenly.

While using this kitchen-tested recipe ensures your peanut butter cookies will turn out perfectly. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Scoop level tablespoonfuls and roll into balls. You can cook Peanut Butter Cookies using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cookies

1. It's of Step 1: Creaming.
2. Prepare 6 oz of Butter, room temperature.
3. Prepare 4.25 oz of Sugar.
4. Prepare 4.75 oz of Brown Sugar.
5. It's 8 oz of Peanut Butter.
6. You need of Step 2: Wet.
7. You need 1 tbsp of Vanilla Extract.
8. Prepare 2 of Large Eggs.
9. Prepare of Step 3: Dry.
10. It's 2 tsp of Baking Soda.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of Salt.
12. You need 7.5 oz of Sifted AP Flour.
13. You need of (OPTIONAL) Step 4: Hand Mixing.
14. Prepare 12 oz of Package of Any Morsels.

In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Add the rest of the ingredients. Roll into balls and press down with a fork dipped in sugar or flour.

Peanut Butter Cookies instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F..
2. Cream together the sugars, butter, and peanut butter until fluffy..
3. Add the wet ingredients, and fully incorporate..
4. Mix together and sift the dry ingredients. Add slowly to the dough mixture..
5. If desired, add a package of your favorite morsels! I LOVE dark chocolate for this!.
6. Scoop cookies onto a sheet pan. I use a 1 ounce scoop, producing... cookies..
7. Press down with a sugar coated fork in a criss-cross pattern for decoration..
8. Bake for 8 minutes..
9. Remove from pan onto a cooling rack..
10. Eat and enjoy!!.

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