Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup natural peanut butter (not hydrogenated)
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt


Method
1. Preheat Oven to 375°F
2. Cream butter, eggs, sugars and vanilla together.
3. Mix in peanut butter until smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt together until well combined.
5. Gradually add this flour mixture to the dough until blended
6. Roll dough into 1 1/1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Using a dinner fork, press down lightly on each ball until an impression is made and the ball is almost 2/3 of its original height.
8. Repeat fork impression in a perpendicular direction, pressing until ball is about 1/2 its original height.
9. Bake 11 - 13 minutes until edges just begin to brown.
*If you like a crispier cookie, then you can bake an additional couple minutes to brown more
10. Cool on cookie sheets for 1 - 2 minutes (skip if you baked cookie longer to brown more) before removing to cooling racks.


Makes roughly 30 cookies.