Peanut Butter Cookies

For the 4th day of blogging marathon I made the peanut butter cookies which is my son's favorite cookie.This is an easy to make egg-less peanut butter cookies which is simple and crunchy with the flavor of peanut.This cookie I learned it from my close friend and when I made it first time I was not quiet happy with the texture,it was bit hard.But this time it came out perfect and now to the recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour	2cups
Butter/Vegetable shortening	1cup
Sugar	1cup
Peanut butter	3/4cup
Vanilla extract	1/2tsp
Salt	a pinch
Baking powder	1tsp
Baking soda	1/2tsp
Milk	1/2cup

Method


                      Preheat the oven to 375 degree F and grease the baking tray or line it with a parchment paper.
Beat the butter,sugar first then peanut butter until soft and creamy.
Now add the flour,salt,baking powder and soda and mix it well.Add the milk and stir it well till everything mixed well.
Roll the dough to a smooth ball,keep it on the baking tray 1 inch apart and flatten with flour dusted fork.Bake it for 15-17 minutes(mine took exactly17 mins) or till golden color.Cool it on a wire rack.
Peanut butter cookies are ready.

Enjoy.......

• I used white sugar which can be substituted with brown sugar.
• The amount of peanut butter can be increased up to 1cup.
• Instead of milk,butter milk can be used.
• For extra sweetness the balls can be rolled in the sugar before flatten it.
• For the given measurements ,I got 35 cookies.

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