Recipe: 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 have Peanut Butter Cookies using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cookies

1. It's 200 grams of plain flour (7 oz).
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
3. You need 115 grams of unsalted butter (4 oz).
4. You need 100 grams of caster sugar (3 1/2 oz).
5. You need 100 grams of unrefined light brown sugar (3 1/2 oz).
6. It's 1 of egg.
7. You need 225 grams of crunchy peanut butter (8oz).
8. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.

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

Peanut Butter Cookies step by step

1. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda together.
2. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugars until soft and creamy.
3. Combine the egg, flour mixture, peanut butter and salt.
4. Add the butter and sugar mixture, and mix until smooth.
5. Wrap the dough in foil or parchment and refrigerate for at least two hours, preferably overnight.
6. Pre-heat the oven to 160ºC (325ºF / Gas mark 3).
7. Shape the dough into 3-cm (1 1/4-in) balls and place them 5cm (2 in) apart on baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a fork..
8. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.
9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
10. Store in an airtight container for up to five days.

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