Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies

By sunshinemom

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Smart Balance sticks (or butter)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups white whole wheat flour
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• 2 T sugar for topping

Preparation

Step 1

*Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
*Beat the sugars and butter in an electric mixer for two minutes, until fluffy.
*Now beat in the peanut butter.
*Add the egg and the vanilla and mix together.
*Add the salt and baking soda to the flour and add to the peanut butter mixture one cup at a time, mixing after each cup.
*Roll the batter into 1-inch balls (you may have to refrigerate for a half hour if you batter is too sticky). Place the cookies on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet.
*Dip a fork into the 2T sugar and press into the cookie twice, making a crisscross pattern.
*Bake for 15 minutes and then cool on a wire rack.
*Store them in a plastic bag for a week or freeze them for up to a month.