166/365 Peanut Butter Cookie Time!

In honor of last Friday being National Peanut Butter Cookie day, I had to make up a batch.

I used this recipe, but made some changes. I find that adding a banana cuts on some of the butter and gives the cookie a delicious banana flavor.

Here's my recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 banana

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Topping

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoon of sugar

Directions

1. Cream together butter and banana. Then add peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time.

2. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour.

3. Roll into 1 inch balls and put on baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Mix together the last two ingredients and sprinkle on top of cookies before baking.

4. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown. Do not over-bake.