Peanut Butter Cookies

Due to the requests here is another cookie.

Peanut Butter Cookie

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup of unbleached flour
1 cup of all natural peanut butter
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup natural brown sugar
1 stick of unsalted butter, at room temp
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon of real vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

Optional
Peanut M&M's
Raspberry Jam

Directions

In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
In the stand mixer cream together the peanut butter and the butter. Once smooth and fluffy add the raw sugar and brown sugar and mix until creamy and sugar is well combined. Next add in egg and vanilla. Set speed to low on the mixer and slowly add the flour. Once combined, remove from bowl, place on plastic wrap, form into a ball, wrap and chill for at least 4 hours, best over night.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Using your hand roll into 1 1/2 inch balls, place on a parchment lined cookie sheet, flatten slightly. Now here is when you make the optional additions to the cookie; you can leave alone and bake or, insert the M&M's in the center before baking or using your thumb make a dent in the center of the cookies, bake and 2 minutes from the end of cooking time, re-dent the cookies and add jam to the center and return to oven.
Bake for about 16 to 18 minutes, check bottoms to see if they are golden brown.
Remove, transfer to cooling rake.

Enjoy Cooking