# Hashtag Peanut Butter .


When I was young, we just called them peanut butter cookies. In the era of #-this, #-that, it only makes sense to call them out for what they are. Hashtag cookies.


Natural peanut butter (whose only ingredients are peanuts and salt) lend a highly textured cookie.


These cookies embody smooth, chewy peanut butter taste. Not to sweet, not overly peanuty, these are smooth and warm and leave you wanting just . . . one . . . more.

# Hashtag Peanut Butter Cookies



Yields 20 Cookies // Prep Time: : 15 // Total Cook Time: 25




INGREDIENTS 


+ 6 tbsp. butter, room temperature

+ ½ cup natural peanut butter

+ ⅔ cup light brown sugar, packed

+ 2-3 tbsp. granulated sugar, for sprinkling on top

+ 1 large egg

+ 1 tsp. vanilla

+ ½ tsp. baking soda

+ ½ tsp. salt

+ 1¼ cup flour




EQUIPMENT 


+ microwave

+ fork



DIRECTIONS


  1. Preheat oven 350°.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Combine peanut butter and butter and microwave until fully smooth and blended, about 1 minute.
  4. Add brown sugar and mix with spatula until fully blended.
  5. Add egg and vanilla extract, beat until combined.
  6. Add flour, salt, and baking soda, and mix until fully combined.
  7. Using a 2 tbsp. cookie scoop, place dough balls 2 inches apart. Roll balls between your hands until rounded. Press fork tines in hashtag criss-cross pattern across top.
  8. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top of cookie.
  9. Bake for 10-11 minutes.
  10. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before placing on cooling rack.