Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter

  (softened at room temperature)
• 1 cup peanut butter

  (smooth or crunchy)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup pecans

  (crushed - plus a ½ cup reserved whole for the top of cookies, if desired)

Instructions

• 1 Cream the butter, peanut butter (smooth or chunky, almond butter works too),
  sugar, and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 Add the eggs and vanilla extract then beat them into the butter, peanut butter,
  and sugars.
• 3 Add the baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix them into the wet
  ingredients. Mix in the flour until it is thoroughly incorporated into the
  cookie dough, then fold in the chopped pecans.
• 4 Cover the bowl with plastic cling film wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
• 5 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and line a baking sheet (or
  two) with parchment paper.
• 6 Portion the chilled dough using a tablespoon to make cookie dough balls that are
  roughly 1 inch in size. Press the whole pecans into the tops of the cookie dough
  (if using) or make the usual criss-cross pattern of peanut butter cookies using
  the tines of a fork.
• 7 Bake the peanut butter pecan cookies for 10-12 minutes or until golden around
  the edges.
• 8 Allow the baked cookies to cool slightly on the baking sheet, about 5 minutes,
  before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

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