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TMc's Nut Butter Cookies

Makes about 5 dozen cookies - works well with any creamy nut butter you prefer.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Author TMc

Ingredients

  • 16 TBSP Unsalted butter (2 sticks a/k/a 1 cup - softened)
  • 2-1/2 cups Light brown sugar
  • 1 cup Creamy nut butter
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1-1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1-1/2 tsp Baking soda

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Stir flour, salt and baking soda together in a small bowl with a fork
  • Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl
  • Add nut butter, eggs and vanilla and mix well
  • Add dry ingredients and mix well
  • Scoop out dough and place scoops flat side down on parchment paper on baking sheets
  • Slightly flatten scoops of dough with the criss- cross fork move
  • Bake for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees until cookies are light brown (add a few minutes if you are baking 2 sheets' worth at once)
  • Cool on cooling racks for at least 20 minutes
  • Continue to cool for a couple of hours before sealing in a container or plastic bag

Notes

Here are some variations that are very successful:
  • Nut-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Add 1 cup mini-morsels (the tiny chocolate chips) at the end of mixing, bake as above.
  • Nut-Butter Kiss Cookies – Don’t press the cookies down, then stick a Hershey’s kiss in the middle when they come out of the oven (freeze the kisses for at least a half hour while the cookies are baking so they don’t melt down too much) – these need to cool completely for a couple hours before eating.
  • Peanut-Butter Cup Cookies – Great for a special take on a peanut-butter treat! Roll each scoop of dough into a ball and bake in mini-muffin tins (use baking spray!) for 8-9 minutes, then put a miniature peanut butter cup in each one when they come out of the oven (freeze the pb cups for at least a half hour while the cookies are baking, same reason as above) – these also need to cool completely before eating.