One Bowl Criss Cross Peanut Butter Cookies Food

ONE BOWL CRISS-CROSS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 C). Line a couple of cookie sheets with parchment paper or leave ungreased/un-lined.
• Beat the butter and both sugars together. Beat in the peanut butter and egg; Scrape sides of bowl and beat in the salt, baking soda and vanilla. When well blended, add flour and stir until it is blended. Stir in the chips.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls (or scoop with a #70 scoop) and arrange on cookie sheets about 2 1/2-inches apart. Flatten balls with a fork making criss-cross patterns; Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slightly browned around the edges.
• Makes about 3 dozen
• **If you only have salted butter you can use that, but reduce the salt in the recipe to about 1/4 teaspoon.
• **If you have some, try adding about 1/4 teaspoon of chipotle powder to the batter.

MOM'S PEANUT BUTTER CRISS CROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• Thoroughly cream shortening, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
• Stir in peanut butter.
• Sift dry ingredients. (I usually do not sift them together.).
• Stir into cream mixture.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Press with back of fork dipped in flour to make crisscrosses.
• Bake in 350 degree oven about 10 minutes.

CRISS CROSS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs.
• Sift in dry ingredients and combine well.
• Roll in to balls and place on a cookie sheet.
• Flatten balls with a fork, creating the criss cross pattern.
• Bake 12 minutes.