Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup peanut butter 1 cup sugar, extra for fork 1 egg From the kitchen of: Mary Jane Armfield

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. 3. Combine peanut butter, sugar, and egg in a bowl; mix until smooth. 4. Roll dough into small balls and place onto prepared baking sheet. 5. Using a fork, press a crosshatch pattern into dough balls. 6. Bake for 8-10 minutes. 7. Do not overbake! These cookies are best when they are still soft and just barely brown on the bottoms.

My grandma told my mom when she was growing up that these were Santa’s favorite cookies, so we still to this day leave a plate of them out for him. They are always gone when we wake up on Christmas morning!