Peanut Butter Cookies

Soft, chewy and delicious. There's nothing better than homemade cookies and this recipe makes the best peanut butter cookies I've ever had. The key to the cookies turning out just right is to let them set on the hot baking sheet for about five minutes after you take them out of the oven and before you place them on a cooling rack.

4.99 from 53 votes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Servings: cookies

Calories: 203kcal

Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter creamy
½ cup shortening
½ cup butter softened
2 cups flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Additional ingredient: ¼ cup sugar use the tines of a fork and create a sugary criss-cross pattern on the top of each cookie

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Mix eggs, both sugars, peanut butter, shortening and butter. Add dry ingredients. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto the parchment paper. (I like large cookies, so I usually make the rounds of dough about the size of a golf ball.) Using a fork, dip the tines into a small bowl of the additional sugar and place in a criss-cross fashion on top of the raw dough, pressing down to flatten the cookie a bit.
Bake for 9-10 minutes and allow to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing the cookies to cooling rack.

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Nutrition

Calories: 203kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 193mgPotassium: 86mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 110IUCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg

Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database and are offered here only as a guideline for informational purposes.

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