light and soft peanut butter cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter (such as jif®)
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat crunchy peanut butter (such as (jif®)
• 1 egg white
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup brown sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• beat butter, creamy peanut butter, and crunchy peanut butter together in a large bowl until smooth. beat egg white and white sugar into butter mixture until smooth. add whole egg and brown sugar; continue to beat until smooth. gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until batter is well mixed.
• roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and place 2 inches apart ungreased baking sheets. press balls with a fork creating a crosshatch. freeze cookie dough on baking sheet until dough is firm, 5 to 8 minutes.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookies puff up, about 15 minutes. cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.