1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-natural peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 1/4 cup flour
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream butter, PB, & sugar. Add egg. Add dry ingredients.
Shape into 1 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Make the crisscross marks with a floured fork, pressing the cookie flat.
Bake for 7 minutes for soft cookies, 9 minutes for crunchy ones.
Makes a few dozen.
You can press this dough into a bar pan for bar cookies. Bake about 15 minutes and then check for doneness. Should look a little puffy and shine should be gone from the top when it's done. Cool completely before cutting.
*adapted from a recipe in the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book
