Peanut Butter Cookies with a crisp and sugary outside with a creamy and soft inside!
Author: Melissa Slyh
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 16 cookies
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
⅓ cup sugar
½ cup powdered (confectioner’s) sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 and ¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
Extra ⅓ cup sugar for rolling the cookie dough in
Instructions
Cream the butter, peanut butter, ⅓ cup sugar, powdered sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a mixing bowl.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together over a separate mixing bowl.
Stir the dry ingredients in batches of thirds into the wet ingredients. Stir until all ingredients are combined.
Pour the extra ⅓ cup of sugar into a small bowl. Scoop cookie dough out by the tablespoonful and roll into a ball. Roll the peanut butter cookie dough ball in the bowl of sugar until the surface is covered.
Place the sugar-coated peanut butter cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet. Repeat for the rest of the cookie dough.
Bake the cookies in a preheated 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for about 9 minutes.
Carefully remove the cookies from the oven, and smash the cookies down gently with the back of a spoon. This will create the crackle look to the cookie.
Return the cookies to the oven and bake for another 2 minutes.
Remove the peanut butter cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the pan for a few minutes. Transfer the beautiful peanut butter cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Try not to eat the whole batch in one sitting; I dare you!
Recipe by Slyh in the Kitchen at https://www.slyhkitchen.com/2015/08/29/peanut-butter-cookies/