Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
These old fashioned peanut butter cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. They simply melt in your mouth. These cookies are that good!
Servings: 32 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup natural or regular peanut butter creamy
- 1 whole egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Sift or whisk the all-purpose flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl until combined. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or bowl if using a hand mixer) cream together the butter, ½ cup granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Add the peanut butter to the bowl. Beat until combined.
- Stir in whole egg and vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking soda) that were previously set aside, to the wet ingredients. Stir until combined. Scraping bowl, when necessary.
- With a small cookie scoop or spoon, make 1 inch balls. Set them 2 inches apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Using a fork, flatten each cookie with a criss cross marking on top.
- Sprinkle each cookie with remaining granulated sugar.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375°F for 9 - 11 minutes just until golden. Do not over bake.
- Remove cookies to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Keep in mind, homemade cookies stale faster than store bought cookies.For longer storage, place them in the freezer in a resealable freezer bag for up to two months.