Best Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
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1/4 tsp. Salt
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1/2 tsp. Baking powder
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3/4 tsp. Baking soda
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1 1/4 cups All purpose flour
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1 Egg
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1/2 cup Peanut butter
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1/2 cup Packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup White granulated sugar
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1/2 cup Butter, room temperature
Method
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01Beat the butter, add sugars, mix in peanut butter and egg: Beat the butter until creamy, 2 minutes. Add the brown sugar and white sugar, beat for 2 more minutes. Mix in the peanut butter and the egg.
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02Whisk dry ingredients, stir into sugar butter mixture: Vigorously whisk together the dry ingredients—the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt—in a separate bowl. Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar butter mixture.
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03Chill the dough: Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
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04Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
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05Shape into balls, flatten with a fork: Shape the dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place the balls of dough about 3 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork. (It helps to dip the fork in sugar to keep it from sticking to the dough.)
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06Bake: Bake at 375°F (190°C) until light brown, about 9 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool in their baking sheets for a minute. After a minute, transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
