Peanut Butter & Jam Cookies
Fantastic cookies! Use whatever jam is your favorite.
Ingredients
- 1 cup melted butter (2 sticks, ½ pound)
- 2 cups brown sugar (firmly packed)
- ½ cup white (granulated) sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eaten eggs (just whip them up with fork)
- ½ cup chopped salted peanuts (measure AFTER chopping)
- 3 cups flour
- ½ cup your favorite jam
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
- Microwave the butter in a microwave safe mixing bowl for approximately 90 seconds on HIGH to melt it.
- Mix in the brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir until they're thoroughly blended.
- Measure out the peanut butter.
- Add it to the bowl and mix it in.
- Pour in the beaten eggs and stir it all up. Add the chopped salted peanuts and mix until they're incorporated.
- Add the flour in one-cup increments, mixing it in until all the ingredients are thoroughly blended.
- Form the dough into walnut-sized balls with your hands and arrange them on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard sheet. (If the dough is too sticky to form into balls, chill it for an hour or so, and then try again.)
- Make an indentation in the center of the dough ball with your thumb. Spoon in a bit of jam, making sure it doesn't run over the sides of the cookie.
- Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the tops are just beginning to turn golden. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.