Yummy Yummy Peanut Butter Cookies2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 1/4 C (packed) dark brown sugar
1 1/4 C granulated sugar
2 sticks (1 C) salted butter, softened (NO MARGARINE)
3 large eggs
1 C creamy peanut butter
2 t vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt. Mix well with wire whisk. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, blend sugars using electric mixer set at medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping sides of the bowl. Add eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla, and mix at medium speed UNTIL LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
- Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed until just mixed. DO NOT OVERMIX.
- Drop by heaping tablespoons onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, 1 1/2 inches apart. With a wet fork, gently press a crisscross pattern on top of cookies. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes (I usually turn sheet 180 degrees halfway through) until cookies are slightly brown along edges. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool, flat surface with a spatula.
