Here's a simple recipe
easy enough for children to prepare. Remember to always supervise
young ones in the kitchen.
Easy
Peanut Butter Cookies
- 1 cup any style peanut
butter (except for natural-style)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°F
(175°C). Grease baking sheets.
- In a bowl with an electric
mixer beat together peanut butter and sugar until combined well.
In a small bowl lightly beat egg and beat into peanut butter
mixture with baking soda and vanilla until combined well.
- Roll level tablespoons
of dough into balls and arrange about 1-inch apart on baking
sheets. With tines of a fork flatten balls to about 1 1/2-inches
in diameter, making a crosshatch pattern.
- Bake cookies in middle
of oven until puffed and pale golden, about 10 minutes. Cool
cookies on baking sheets 2 minutes and transfer with a metal
spatula to racks to cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight
container.
Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
