Caitlin's Peanut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunk (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 beat butter in large mixing bowl till soft.
• 3 add sugars gradually to butter, blending till creamy.
• 4 beat in egg, peanut butter, salt, and baking soda, till well combined.
• 5 add flour to the batter, mixing well, then vanilla.
• 6 if using, add the chocolate chunks at this point. batter will be stiff.
• 7 roll dough into small balls and place on greased cookie sheet.
• 8 with the tines of a fork, press 'tic-tac-toe' design into cookies. these don't spread too much, so you'll be flattening them to about 1/2-inch high.
• 9 if you used chocolate chunks, the pattern won't be perfect--that's fine!
• 10 bake about 15 minutes, till golden brown.
• 11 remove carefully while still warm, and let cool on wire rack.