Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

These are my favorite peanut butter cookies. They are so delicious. Be sure to use real butter, that is the key to the best tasting cookies. I found the recipe in the Pillsbury Complete Cook Book.

• Ready In: 54 mins
• Serves: 27
• Yields: 27 3inch cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 cup sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, and butter.
3. Beat until fluffy.
4. Add peanut butter, vanilla and egg, mix well.
5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
6. Mix dry ingredients together with a fork or wire whisk.
7. Add dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well.
8. Scoop dough with a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop.
9. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets lightly sprayed with Pam.
10. Dip fork in 1/8 cup sugar and flatten dough with a crisscross pattern.
11. Lightly sprinkle sugar on the cookies.
12. Bake at 375°F for 6 to 9 minutes until golden brown.
13. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for one minute.
14. Put cookies on wire racks to cool completely before putting in a cookie jar.