Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
Yield: Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (12½ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 cup, salted dry-roasted peanuts; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup packed (7 ounces), light brown sugar; 1 cup (7 ounces), granulated sugar; 1 cup, extra-crunchy peanut butter; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 , large eggs

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1998, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

SEASON 1

SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Peanut butter cookies fall into two camps: There are the cookies that are sweet and chewy but have minimal peanut butter flavor (which is obscured by significant amounts of sugar and butter), and there are the crumbly, sandy cookies that ha...

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