Ultimate Moist Peanut Butter Cookie

(from jerseyjenny’s recipe box)

Source: Stonewall Kitchen

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 18 people

Categories: cookies, dessert, peanut butter

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup Stonewall Kitchen Chunky Peanut Butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup plus 3 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla
  • 1-3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or line with parchment paper a cookie sheet.

  2. Using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle on medium speed (or by hand) beat together the butter and Stonewall Kitchen Chunky Peanut Butter until fluffy.

  3. Add brown sugar and ¼ cup granulated sugar and beat until smooth.

  4. Beat in the egg and vanilla.

  5. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt and sift into the peanut butter mixture. Mix on low speed until dough is uniform making sure to not over mix.

  6. Pull pieces of dough and roll between your hands to form 1-½ inch balls. Roll balls in remaining granulated sugar.

  7. Place cookie balls on a greased cookie sheet two inches apart. Press cookie balls with a fork to make a crosshatch pattern and slightly flatten the cookie.

  8. Bake for 12-15 minutes until cookies are golden brown on the edges. Do not over bake or the cookies will not be chewy. Cool on wire rack.

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