Peanut Butter Cookies

 These peanut butter cookies are good and easy! They're the perfect texture of being slightly crisp on the outside, but chewy and MOIST on the inside.  Yay!!  They have a lot of pb and use brown sugar. 

Peanut Butter Cookies
adapted from Mel's Kitchen Cafe

2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks, 16 tablespoons) butter, softened to room temperature
2 cups creamy peanut butter (see note)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar (10 1/2 ounces)
1/2 cup granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces)
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and mix until combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until creamy. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

3. Scoop the dough and roll into 1- or 2-inch balls. Place on parchment- or silpat-lined (or lightly greased) large, rimmed baking sheets, placing them a couple inches apart. Bake for 10-11 minutes until puffed. Don't overbake.

4. Remove from the oven and immediately press each cookie to flatten slightly with the bottom of a flat drinking glass. Don't flatten the cookies too much, just press the puffed part down until the cookies are an even thickness. Scoop onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

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