Peanut butter Star cookies

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or white a hand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar, until they are fluffy and completely combined. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add the flour mixture the the butter mixture a little at a time until it is fully combined. NOTE: do not over mix at this point, or you will have tough cookies! Roll the dough into balls a little smaller than the size of a golf ball, it will be 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per cookie. Roll the dough balls in the sugar. Place on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and lightly press 1 star in the middle of each cookie. Place back in the oven for an additional 2 ½ minutes.