Peanut Butter Cookies

Modified from Cooks Recipe Search

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed [remember you can make this yourself, white sugar and molasses]

1 1/4 cup white sugar

1 cup butter, softened

3 eggs

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 tsp vanilla

Preheat to 375. Mix flour, soda and salt separately. In another bowl (your mixer bowl is best here....), blend sugars. Then add butter until a grainy paste. Add eggs, peanut butter and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just mixed.

Drop by tablespoonful onto a cookie sheet. Press a criss-cross pattern on top of them if you want (be sure to dip fork in water between). Bake 15 minutes. Cool.

Makes 3-4 dozen cookies.