Germ coated Peanut Butter Cookies

Time for more cookies I guess. Today we made peanut butter cookies. My plan was to take them over to a neighbor, but alas my sick child kept coughing into the batter. I thought to myself "Baking them kills the germs right?" If it does, it didn't matter, because he then coughed all over the baked cookies. We'll have to try again when we're not sick at our house...Don't worry we kept the germ coated cookies to ourselves.

Peanut Butter Cookies

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla
1 ¼ cups flour
Granulated sugar

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and peanut butter. Add sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, and baking powder. Beat until combined; scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined. Add flour.

Shape dough into 1” balls. Roll in additional granulated sugar to coat. Place balls 2” apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten by making crisscross marks with the tines of a fork.

Bake in a 375˚ oven for 7-9 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Transger cookies to a wire rack and let cool.