Peanut Butter Cookies

This is a recipe I got from Chef John. His original recipe is here (he has a video, so follow the video). You can try his ingredients or mine, I find his too salty for me to eat a lot of them cookies, and that makes me sad! So I changed the salt content and the peanut butter uhm... I don't know what to call it, version? consistency? You know, the crunchy or creamy type. It gives the cookies a chewier texture and I love 'my' version more coz I can eat like 5 at one go and don't need to chug down a lot of water to ease the saltiness.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature

1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or 1/4 tsp fine table salt)

1/2 teaspoons baking soda

*Bake at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes


Instructions:


In a mixer bowl, put in the butter, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream for about 1-2 mins until they are creamy looking. Throw in the egg, mix until combined and throw in the flour. Mix at slow speed so you don't get flour all over you and  then mix until well combined.


Using whatever method you like (Chef John use ice cream scoop, I use 1 tbsp measurement spoon), roll them into balls, place onto ungreased cookie pan, use the fork to make those tic tac toe game design, bake for about 10 mins (my oven bakes for about 8 mins or so). 


Take out, let cool for about 5mins, then transfer to cooling rack. Once it's cool enough to eat, you will like it. Trust me. ;)

Easy peasy. I love these cookies! Thank you Chef John!