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i have only seen them in bakery's- its a peanut butter cookie but with somewhat of a hard sugar cookie feel to it- its a big and thick cookie and they use their fingers to pat them down before they cook them-

The Last Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe You'll Ever Try Recipe

These are the most amazing cookies. They are crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and freeze sooo well. You can't even tell they were frozen! The best part - they are drop cookies, no shaping necessary. If you love nuts, use crunchy peanut butter and add the nuts, if not, use creamy PB and 2 cups of peanut butter chips. Cook time is for one batch. Dough keeps well in fridge so you can bake a batch every day and have fresh cookies!

by momofallboys

80-100 cookies

25 min 10 min prep

1 1/2 cups butter or margarine

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter or crunchy peanut butter, your choice

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

3 3/4 cups flour

12 ounces peanut butter chips

1 cup nuts (optional)

Cream peanut butter and margarine, add sugars and mix well.

Add eggs and mix until creamy.

Add remaining ingredients.

Chill for one hour-I usually skip this step and chill between batches.

Drop by teaspoonful onto cookie sheets- do not flatten.

Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.
Cool on cookie sheets for about 5 minutes then transfer onto newspaper- the newspaper soaks up extra grease so the cookies don't become crumbly, little trick I learned from my MIL- this is also optional.
Edited to add - Immediately after the cookies are completely cooled I always transfer them to an airtight container. Several posters have mentioned the cookies get hard if you leave them out. I have never had that problem - these cookies have always stayed soft and moist if they are stored in an airtight container.
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Calories 135
Calories from Fat 66 (49%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 7.4g 11%
Saturated Fat 3.3g 16%
Polyunsat. Fat 0.9g
Monounsat. Fat 2.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 17mg 5%
Sodium 125mg 5%
Potassium 77mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 15.2g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 2%
Sugars 9.9g
Protein 2.9g 5%
Vitamin A 115mcg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.0mg 2%
Vitamin B12 0.0mcg 0%
Vitamin C 0mg 0%
Vitamin E 0mcg 2%
Calcium 19mg 1%
Magnesium 14mg 3%
Iron 0mg

Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Simply Bakery Recipes
Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 1/4 cup flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 Cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the sugars, cream for 2 more minutes. Mix in the peanut butter and egg. Mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir into the sugar butter mixture.

2 Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

3 Preheat oven to 375degreesF. Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork. Bake until light brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for a minute; transfer to rack to cool completely.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

For chewier cookies, bake at 300degreesF for 15 minutes.