INGREDIENTS
1 Cup of softened, unsalted butter
1 Cup of crunchy peanut butter
1 Cup of granulated sugar
1 Cup of firmly packed light brown sugar
2 Eggs
2½ Cups of all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon of baking powder
1½ Teaspoons of baking soda
½ Teaspoon of salt
Method
(1) Cream together the butter, peanut butter and both sugars
(2) Beat in eggs
(3) In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
(4) Stir the sifted mix into the batter
(5) Put batter in refrigerator for about one hour
(6) After the hour remove from the refrigerator, roll into one inch balls and put them on baking sheets
(7) Flatten each ball with a fork, leaving a criss-cross pattern on the top
(8) Preheat the oven to 190ºC, 375ºF, gas mark 5
(9) Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, or until they start to brown (Take care not to over bake them)
(10) Remove from the oven, allow to cool and store in an airtight tin
The above ingredients should make about 48 cookies
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