Peanut Butter Cookies

• servings: 3 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

2 cups All purpose Flour

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 1/4 cups Dark Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed

1 1/4 cups White Sugar

1 cup Salted Butter, Softened

3 large eggs

1 cup Creamy peanut butter

2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees

2. In a medium bowl combine flour, soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk. Set aside

3. In a large bowl blend sugars using an electric mixer set at medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scrapping the sides of the bowl. Add eggs, peanut butter, and add vanilla, and mix at medium speed until light and fluffy.

4. Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed until just mixed. Do not over mix.

5. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 ½ inches apart. With a wet fork gently press a crisscross pattern on top of the cookies. Bake for 18 - 22 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along edges. Transfer cookies immediately to cooling rack with a spatula.