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Peanut Butter Cookies

A flourless, old-fashioned peanut butter cookie with the classic crisscross top.

Prep
Not specified
Cook
8–10 minutes at 350°F
Serves
About 15 cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F.

  2. 2

    Mix all the ingredients together.

  3. 3

    Form walnut-sized balls and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet.

  4. 4

    Gently press a crisscross pattern into each with a fork.

  5. 5

    Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown.

Source: Shared by Peggy Holland. Her post calls these "Jimmy Carter's grandmother's" cookies; that historical attribution is unverified.