Peanut Butter Cookies
Orange zest kicks up these peanut butter cookies.
Servings: 60
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/4 creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and stir in vanilla.1 cup unsalted butter, 1 1/4 creamy peanut butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, zest, and salt.2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest, 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture until well-incorporated. Scrape the bottom and sides as needed to incorporate loose flour.
- Form dough into 1-inch balls and put on cookie sheets, flattening with a fork or the bottom of a cup. If dough is too sticky to easily form into balls, refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes before moving to a rack to finish cooling.
