Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 Cup butter, softened
1/2 Cup peanut butter
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1/2 Cup packed brown sugar or 1/4 Cup honey
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 Cups plain(all purpose) flour

Preheat oven to 375*F.  In a medium size mixing bowl beat butter and peanut butter on medium to high for  30 seconds.  Add both sugars, the baking soda and baking powder to mix and beat in egg and vanilla until well mixed, make sure you scrape the sides of the bowl every now and then beat as much of the flour in as you can with the mixer then stir in the rest.  Now start shaping your dough into about 1" balls and placing them 1 1/2" -2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Take a fork and squish the balls slightly to make the criss cross on top the cookies.*  Bake for 7-9 minutes maybe a little less or a little longer, just keep an eye on them because some days they do cook quicker than others.

*If you will keep a glass of water beside your cookies and dip your fork every now and then it will keep them from sticking to the cookie dough.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe makes approximately 4 dozen cookies.  It was inspired by Betty Crocker's Cookbook:  Bridal Edition.

3/4 Cup sugar
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1 Cup butter(2 sticks) softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 Cups plain flour(all purpose)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Cup nuts, coarsely chopped(optional)
1 12oz bag chocolate chips(I only use 1/2 bag in mine and they have plenty)

Preheat oven to 375*F.  In your mixing bowl combine your sugars and butter until creamy.  Add vanilla and eggs until just combined.  With a wooden spoon, stir in flour, baking soda, salt, nuts(if you are using them) and chocolate chips.  Drop dough about 2 inches apart and bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges look done.  Cool, eat and enjoy!

Mini Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

Mini Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter or regular margarine, softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups flour
2 cups (12 ounce pkg) mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup finely chopped nutspowdered sugar
Preheat oven to 375 F. Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a largemixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in the flour. Stir in the morsels andnuts. Shape level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place onungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set andlightly browned. Remove from oven. Sift the powdered sugar over the hotcookies on the baking sheets. Cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes. Removeto cool completely on wire racks.

1Recipes_galore2007 yahoo group, submitted by Jeannie the cook.