Peanut Butter Cookies

I made some peanut butter cookies for the freezer this afternoon.  Of course I baked a few for dessert tonight.  Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees.

Ingredients

1 cup hard margarine or butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup of brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup of peanut butter

2 to 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

pinch salt

Start by creaming margarine with the 2 sugars and then the eggs.  After that mix in the peanut butter.



Sift the dry ingredients together (although I admit I just toss it all into the Kitchenaid mixer - too lazy to sift!) and add to wet ingredients.  You might want to start with 2 cups of flour and then add more if the dough is too soft.  You can drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake 12 to 15 minutes. You can also refrigerate the dough until it stiffens a bit and make rolls for the freezer (I did this too).  Then you can slice rounds right from the freezer and bake them off whenever you need a treat.

It's nice to have these in the freezer for a quick dessert...