I was going through my grandma’s recipe books a few weeks ago. I stumbled across my Mom’s Famous Peanut Butter Cookies. These are the best peanut butter cookies ever! I maybe bias… Just saying. I love mom! 

Pre directions: 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a half sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside. 

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter

1 1/4 cups peanut butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp almond extract

1 2/3 cup sifted all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (I made this change)

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1 package of Reese’s peanut butter chips

 Vanilla sugar for rolling the cookie balls in the dough (optional)

Directions:

1. Thoroughly cream butter, peanut butter,sugar, and almond extract in stand mixer. Add one egg at a time and incorporate after each addition. 

2. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt and soda. Blend the flour mixture into the creamed mixure. 

3. Shape the dough into 1/4 cup balls; roll in granulated vanilla sugar

4. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper on prepared half sheet pan. I only placed 6 to a half sheet pan. Place crisscross pattern with fork or my mother in law found me this adorable “I love cookies” stamp at our favorite kitchen store in the Strip District. 

5.Bake at 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes. The magic number for me was 12. Remove from pan right away and allow to cool on cookie wire rack.