Peanut Butter Cookies

This peanut butter cookie tastes very strongly of peanuts, is soft in the middle and a little crispy on the outside if cooked properly. The pictures shows some of the cookies with chocolate chips (see variation).

Servings: 40 small cookies
Preparation Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Author Rating: 8/10

Ingredients:


0.25 teaspoon	baking powder
0.25 teaspoon	baking soda
0.5 cup	brown sugar
0.5 cup	butter
0.5 cup	crunchy peanut butter
0.5 cup	crushed peanuts
1	egg
1 teaspoon	vanilla
1.25 cup	white flour
0.5 cup	white sugar
0.5 cup	yogurt

Directions:

Step 1

Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder in a bowl.

Step 2

Soften the butter (40 seconds in the microwave) and mix with the yogurt until smooth.

Step 3

Add the white and brown sugar and mix until smooth again.

Step 4

Add the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla to the mixture.

Step 5

Mix in the dry ingredients and the crushed peanuts. The crushed peanuts are shown in the picture.

Step 6

Fork onto a cookie sheet. Place in the oven at 350 degrees farenheit for 10 to 15 min. As you can see from the pictures, the cookies do not grow/spread very much in the oven.

Notes:

These cookies are really soft when warm. If you want to keep them for more than a few days keep them in the fridge, but let them warm (or microwave for 10 seconds) before eating and they'll go nice and soft again.

Variations:

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

A bit of chocolate in peanut butter just makes them heaven.
Ingredients:

Add:
0.5 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Add the chocolate chips in step 5 along with the crushed peanuts.

Recipe provided via www.MeanMeals.com