Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Some of the ingredients

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter , softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees C. Prepare cookies sheets. Set aside.
2. Mix first 3 dry ingredients and set aside.
3. In large bowl, blend the two sugars. Add softened butter into the bowl and mix until grainy consistency. Add eggs, peanut butter and vanilla extract into the mixture, beat until fluffy. On low speed, add dry ingredients until fully combined into butter mixture.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoonsful, 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Use a wet or flour coated fork to gently press a crisscross pattern on top of each cookie.
5. Bake until the edges of the cookies are lightly browned, about 18 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on a rack.

Before going into the oven

On the rack