The cross-hatch pattern on top is the defining touch for a peanut butter cookie.
One look and you know what the cookie is, right?
Who Invented the Peanut Butter Cookie?
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Over the years, similar recipes followed, includingBetty Crocker’s peanut butter cookie recipe.
These peanut butter cookies are super easy to make, with no fancy ingredients.
What’s in peanut butter cookies?
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To freeze cookie dough, line a sheet pan with foil and then add the balls of cookie dough.
Press with a fork to make cross-hatch marks, and then freeze until solid.
Transfer the frozen cookies to an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months.
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Bake as directed, adding on a few extra minutes of baking time.
Smooth peanut butter will give you a smoother consistency.
Crunchy will give you some bits of peanuts throughout the cookie.
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you’re free to use it, but conventional peanut butter is preferred for the best cookie texture.
Recipe adapted fromBetty Crocker.
Add the brown sugar and white sugar, beat for 2 more minutes.
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Mix in the peanut butter and the egg.
Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar butter mixture.
Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
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Shape the dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.
Flatten in a crisscross pattern with a fork.
(It helps to dip the fork in sugar to keep it from sticking to the dough.)
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Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool in their baking sheets for a minute.
After 1 minute, transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
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