Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies

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My search for the perfect peanut butter cookie was over when I made these crackly-on-top, crispy-edged, gooey and peanut buttery throughout morsels.

by Alaska from Scratch·published 2012-09-12

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Ingredients (11)

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1-¼ cup All-purpose Flourflour
¾ teaspoons Baking Sodabaking-soda
½ teaspoons Baking Powderbaking-powder
¼ teaspoons Saltsalt
½ cups Butter, Softenedbutter
1 cup Peanut Butter, Creamy Or Crunchy, Your Preferencepeanut-butter
¾ cups Sugar, Plus More For Rolling Cookiessugar
½ cups Brown Sugar, Firmly Packedbrown-sugar
1 whole Eggegg
1 Tablespoon Milkmilk
1 teaspoon Vanillavanilla

Instructions (6 steps)

01Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
02In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
03In the bowl of a stand-mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and peanut butter together until smooth and fluffy. Add the sugars and mix until combined. Then incorporate the egg, followed by the milk and vanilla. Gradually add in the flour mixture and beat until thoroughly combined.

Put a few tablespoons of sugar in a shallow small bowl for rolling your cookies. Using a medium cookie scoop, portion out your dough, roll each into a ball and roll each ball in the sugar until coated on all sides. Place them on the prepared baking sheet, allowing room for the cookies to spread out while baking.

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