Old-Fashioned Peanut Cookies
Why I Love This Recipe
The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion
Made with peanuts, as well as peanut butter, these cookies bake into tall,
gently crunchy mounds
Ingredients You'll Need
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup peanut butter, crunchy or creamy
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup salted peanuts, ground
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 F
Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets
In a large bowl, cream the together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and salt
Beat in the eggs
Stir in the flour and peanuts
Drop the dough by the tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets
Bake the cookies for 12 minutes or until they are set and lightly browned
Remove them from the oven
Transfer to a rack to cool
