Peanut butter cookies 

When you crave for sweets it’s better to crave for something yummy and healthy. No one will disagree on a delicious peanut butter cookies if you offer them to your family or friends. This cookies are a life saver for me, because my son is a picky eater and he loves peanut butter at all times. He loves cookies too! I thought that the best way to serve him is to make a healthy and delicious snack. After I made them (special cookies for him), we all noticed how delicious this cookies are we finished them in 2 days lol! 

I found this recipe just superb but I had to decrease the amount of sugar by 30% less. You can do the same as me or just leave it as is it. The cookies has a soft texture and a rich flavor. When I make a batch of cookie dough, I always bake one sheet and scoop the other sheet, freeze it and then collect them in a zip bag for another day. This method allow me to have always a fresh and tasty cookies. 

For the shape, I like to go with the traditional shape, made by pressing a fork on the top of them to get a kind of grid

Yields: 35 small cookies 

Prep time: 15 minutes 

Rest time: 1 hours 

Bake time: 8 minutes 

Ingredients:

1. 1 egg, large
2. 1/2 cup peanut butter creamy 
3. 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 
4. 1/2 cup brown sugar 
5. 1 cup sugar
6. 1 teaspoon baking soda 
7. 1/2 tsp salt 
8. 1 tsp vanilla extract 
9. 1/2 cup butter, unsalted 
10. 2 tablespoons milk

How to make it: 

• Wish the dry ingredients together. Just give them a good wish to fluff everything together. 
• Blend the wet ingredients. I recommend to use either your hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for this part. Your butter should be at room temperature but not so soft it’s almost falling apart when you pick it up. 
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet. Reduce the speed of your mixer so your dry ingredients don’t go flying! 
• Chill the dough. 1 hour minimum or overnight in my preference (so the flavors get incorporated). Make sure it’s well sealed. If you are in hurry, place in the freezer for 10 minutes and bake. 
• Scoop the dough. In a sheet pan, scoop the dough about 1 inch and press with a fork on the top to make a Chris cross shape. They should be 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart.
• Bake. Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375°F. 
• Cool on wire rack then enjoy.

Tips: 

Chilling the cookie dough helps to prevent the cookie dough balls from spreading out too much while baking.