PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Peanut Butter Cookies image

Provided by Carol Kicinski

Yield Makes about 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup granulated sugar plus more for rolling the cookies in
1 large egg, lightly beaten with a fork
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with either parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
In a large bowl mix the peanut butter with the 1 cup of sugar, using a wooden spoon. Stir until well blended. Add the egg, baking powder, and vanilla and stir well. Pour some additional sugar in a small bowl. Scoop out 1 tablespoon of the dough and roll it into a ball. Roll the dough ball in some of the remaining sugar and place on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat with the remaining dough, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart.
Using a dinner fork, first stick the tines of the fork in sugar and then gently press the tines down on each dough ball to flatten. Turn the fork 90 degrees and gently press again to make the traditional crosshatch markings of a peanut butter cookie.
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Then, with a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.