Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Magical Peanut Butter Cookies
Yield: yields 18 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy; 1 1/3 cups sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

December 14, 2011

You won’t believe how good this easy cookie is. For a change, press a Hershey’s Kiss down into the center of each ball of dough. Omit the crisscross design.

Recipe information

Yield
yields 18 cookies

Ingredients

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy

1 1/3 cups sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup of the sugar, the egg, and vanilla, and stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. With a fork, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from the oven, and sprinkle the cookies with some of the remaining sugar. Cool slightly before removing from pan.

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TagsCookie Dessert American Peanut Butter Dairy Free Gluten Free Quick Easy Baking Cookbooks

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