Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Easy Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min. YIELD: about 2 dozen.

With only four ingredients, these cookies couldn't be easier for our son, Jacob, to help whip up. He thinks it's fun helping prepare meals and snacks.—Valerie Ellsworth, Belvidere, Illinois

Ingredients

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Shape level tablespoonfuls into balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten with a fork. Bake at 350° for 16-18 minutes or until set. Cool for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

2 cookies: 198 calories, 11g fat (2g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 105mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.

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