Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Thoroughly blend together butter, peanut butter and sugars; add egg and beat well. Sift together flour baking powder, soda and salt. Add sifted flour mixture to butter, peanut butter, sugars and egg mixture, mix well. Chill in refrigerator.

Roll cookie dough into one inch balls, place on greased cookie sheet 1 1/2 inches apart. Place a small amount of flour into a small bowl, dip a fork into the flour and press the fork on the top of the cookie ball, pressing to flatten. Press the fork again on the cookie, in the opposite direction. Bake 10 minutes at 375°.

**if you use margarine, use a 1/2 tsp salt