Peanut Butter Cookies

We all love chocolate chip cookies, and some of us have a sweet spot for oatmeal raisin, but peanut butter cookies are often forgotten. I realized I couldn’t remember the last time I had a peanut butter cookie. I decided to make a fresh batch, but there were not very many recipes out there. The last one I used came with my “Give a Mouse a Cookie” book and involved simply mixing peanut butter with sugar and egg. This might be fun for kids, but I wanted something a little more substantial.
The recipe below is perfect. I made 24 cookies and they all turned out perfectly with crispy edges and chewy middles. The great thing about making these is that you probably already have all of the ingredients!

 Ingredients
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (I like Simply Jif)
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 t salt
• ½ t baking soda

 Directions
1. Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs.
2. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. While the dough is in the fridge, heat the oven to 375 degrees.
4. Roll into 1 inch balls and put on prepared baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown.

Tweaked from AllRecipes