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Easy Peanut Butter Cookies<\/h1>\n

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Many years ago, each weekday around 3 pm I was most likely in my kitchen baking peanut butter cookies or making popcorn. Perhaps I was cooking chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies. The purpose was to make memories for my kids\u2026<\/p>\n

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About this Recipe<\/h2>\n

Many years ago, as a young mother with school-age children, each day around 3 pm I was most likely in my kitchen baking peanut butter cookies. Or making popcorn (one of our favorite is Carol’s Caramel Corn<\/a>). Perhaps I was cooking the stovetop type of Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies<\/a>. All of those were favorites of my kids.<\/p>\n

I planned the baking so the smell would fill the house and greet them when they walked in the door coming home from school. With every ingredient, I was making memories for my family. I learned this from my childhood days. When I was a young girl, when my brothers and I walked in the door from school, my momma always had something ready, like a plate of her peanut butter cookies. I still remember the smell that filled our home. Good memories!<\/p>\n

Through the years, I added this Peanut Butter Cookie recipe to my arsenal.\u00a0 It’s a simpler recipe than the one my momma baked, but even so, they are yummy and good. I still make the old-fashioned ones occassionally. Both recipes are the best of the best!<\/p>\n

I need some kids to walk in the door and rescue me. These cookies, especially fresh out of the oven, are hard to resist.<\/p>\n

Let’s bake cookies and make some memories!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients and Directions<\/h2>\n

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 whole egg
1 cup granulated\u00a0sugar<\/p>\n

Mix together all ingredients. Roll dough into balls and place on a baking sheet. Press with tines of a fork to flatten. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Cookies will be soft when taken out of the oven.<\/p>\n

Allow to set 10 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n

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