Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 6 dozen
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar, divided; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Recipe by ckmclements

These bad boys won me a blue ribbon in the county fair when I was a teenager. The recipe is from a 1988 Ladies' Home Journal, and they're darn tasty.

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READY IN: 38mins

YIELD: 6 dozen

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

2 ¹⁄₂

cups all-purpose flour
1 ¹⁄₂

teaspoons baking soda
1

teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt
1

cup butter or 1 cup margarine
1

cup peanut butter
1

cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 ¹⁄₃

cups granulated sugar, divided
2

eggs
1

teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375°.
In medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In mixer bowl cream butter or margarine, peanut butter, brown sugar, and 1 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in dry ingredients until just combined.
Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls and roll in remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar. Place 3-inches apart on 2 ungreased cookie sheets. With sugar-coated tines of a fork, press and flatten each ball, making a criss-cross pattern.
Bake 8-10 minutes, until golden.
Cool on cookie sheets 5 minutes; transfer to racks to cook completely.

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