Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) - room temperature
1 cup	237ml	Creamy or chunky peanut butter
		= (do not use old-fashioned style or
		Freshly ground)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Golden brown sugar - (packed)
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Eggs (large)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter, peanut butter and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Beat in both sugars. Scrape down sides of bowl. Stir half of dry ingredients into mixture. Add eggs 1 at a time, stirring well after each addition. Mix in remaining dry ingredients.

For each cookie, roll 1 heaping tablespoonful of dough into 1 3/4-inch-diameter ball. Arrange dough balls 2 1/2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using back of fork, flatten dough balls and form crosshatch design on tops.

Bake cookies until dry on top and golden brown on bottom, about 14 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes. Using metal spatula, transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. (Can be prepared up to 3 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.)

This recipe yields about 4 dozen.

Source:
Bon Appetit, January 1998

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