Recipe: Tasty 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 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cookies

1. You need 3/4 Cup of peanut butter crunchy.
2. It's 3/4 Cup of peanut butter creamy.
3. You need 1 1/4 Cups of Sugar.
4. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Butter.
5. It's 1 of Egg large.
6. It's 1 1/2 Cups of all-purpose flour.
7. You need 1 Teaspoon of baking powder.

Add the rest of the ingredients. Roll into balls and press down with a fork dipped in sugar or flour. How to Store and Freeze Peanut Butter Cookies. To freeze before baking, line a sheet pan with foil and then add the balls of cookie dough.

Peanut Butter Cookies instructions

1. Preheat an oven to 350F..
2. In a large bowl, combine peanut butters, sugar, and butter. Mix until smooth..
3. Add the egg and mix well..
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour and the baking powder..
5. Add half of this dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix to combine. Add the other half; again, mix to combine..
6. Place tablespoon-sized drops onto a cookie sheet (preferably coated with parchment paper or silicone sheets). The cookies do not spread much but should still be spaced about a half inch apart..
7. Using the tines on a fork, press down into the cookies in an orthogonal fashion (as though you were making an 'X' shape). This will give you the pattern shown in the image..
8. Bake in preheated oven for 16 minutes. Let cool before serving..
9. Makes about 50 cookies..

Press with a fork to make cross-hatch marks, and then freeze until solid. In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth and creamy. If you prefer a more crumbly, shortbread peanut butter cookie -- look no further! This is the best peanut butter cookie recipe I have ever tried!