Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour (all purpose or whole wheat)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (8Tbsp) butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter

Instructions

1. 1

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2. 2

   put all the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt in one bowl and set aside

3. 3

   use electric mixer to cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy

4. 4

   add egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture and mix well

5. 5

   stir in the peanut butter and blend thoroughly. Add in the dry ingredients, mix well and refrigerate for 30 minutes

6. 6

   preheat oven to 350F

7. 7

   spoon out the chilled dough and roll into balls

8. 8

   place the balls on the baking tray and flatten with a fork into circles making a cross pattern. Bake until lightly colored, 12-15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.