Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Four ingredients make these delicious peanut butter cookies.

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar*
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray; set aside.
2. Stir together peanut butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a medium bowl until well blended. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets. Using a fork, press to make a crisscross pattern on top of each cookie.
3. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned, rotating pans halfway through baking time.
4. Let stand for 1 minute on baking sheets.
5. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

* You can use half brown sugar and half granulated sugar. Be sure to pack the brown sugar.

When using nonstick cookie sheets, I have found that using cooking spray is not necessary.

It is difficult to make the crisscross pattern with a fork. You may want to sprinkle a little sugar on top of the cookies to help the process, or just leave off the crisscross pattern entirely.

Attribution

Photo credit: 146974605@N06/38014855701 / CC BY