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The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
servings
Ingredients
  1. 2 1/2 cups Flour, All-purpose 12.5 oz
  2. 1/2 tsp Salt
  3. 1 tsp Baking Powder
  4. 1 tsp Baking Soda
  5. 1 cup Butter, Unsalted softened to room temperature
  6. 2 cups Peanut Butter creamy
  7. 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar, Light 10.5 oz
  8. 1/2 cups Sugar 3.5 oz
  9. 2 large Egg
  10. 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Steps
  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. 2 In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
  3. 3 In a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  4. 4 Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and mix until combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until creamy.
  5. 5 Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
  6. 6 Scoop the dough and roll into 1- or 2-inch balls. Place on parchment- or silpat-lined (or lightly greased) large, rimmed baking sheets, placing them a couple inches apart.
  7. 7 Bake for 10-11 minutes until puffed. Don't overbake.
  8. 8 Remove from the oven and immediately press each cookie to flatten slightly with the bottom of a flat drinking glass. Don't flatten the cookies to smithereens, just press the puffed part down until the cookies are an even thickness.
  9. 9 Scoop onto a cooling rack to cool completely. These cookies freeze great (and actually taste amazing straight from the freezer).