Peanut Butter Cookies
Classic bakery-style cookies made with butter and flour rather than the flourless 3-ingredient shortcut, topped with the trademark criss-cross fork pattern - a technique that traces back to a 1930s newspaper recipe, originally used to help the dense dough bake through evenly, not just for looks.
⏱ 25 min🍽 24 servings
dessertbakingvegetarianquick
Ingredients
- •1/2 cup butter, softened
- •1 cup peanut butter
- •1/2 cup sugar
- •1/2 cup brown sugar
- •1 egg
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •1 1/4 cups flour
- •1 tsp baking soda
- •1/2 tsp salt
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2.Cream the butter, peanut butter, and both sugars together, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
- 3.Mix in the flour, baking soda, and salt until a smooth dough forms.
- 4.Roll into balls and place on a baking sheet, flattening each with a fork in a criss-cross pattern - this pressing technique dates back to a 1930s newspaper recipe and was originally meant to help the dense dough bake through evenly.
- 5.Bake for 10-12 minutes until just set.