Peanut Butter Cookies

 One can never have enough cookies in the house when one has grandchildren and adult children.  It's always a pleasure when they walk in the door and they smell the fresh aroma of their favorite cookie. My little grandson always looks at me with his big grin and says,  "Oma, I snitched a cookie!" as he digs his hand into the cookie tin. This is our favorite recipe and we've used it for years.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup peanut butter 
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (peanuts, cashews)
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Cream butter, peanut butter, sugars, and egg.
2. Blend in flour, nuts and dry ingredients.
3. Cover and chill for couple of hours.
4. Heat oven to 375.  Grease cookie sheets.
5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
6. Place three inches apart.
7. Dip fork in flour and flatten in crisscross pattern.  
8. Bake for 10 minutes.

Serves 3 dozen cookies.

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