Peanut Butter Cookies @TinaKashian1 #Holiday

Hello from TINA KASHIAN! Who doesn’t love cookies? I’m more of a cook than a baker, but I tried this recipe for peanut butter cookies, and they turned out soft, sweet, and delicious. I found this recipe on Pinterest. It’s easy to make and you may have all the ingredients in your pantry. I plan on taking this to an upcoming cookie exchange.

Ingredients:

¾ cup smooth peanut butter

¾ cup unsalted butter at room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat peanut butter and butter until smooth. 

Add sugar and brown sugar and beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat on low speed until combined. Add flour, baking soda, and salt and beat on low speed until cookie dough comes together. 

Roll into one-inch balls and place two inches apart on baking sheets.  Press down slightly with a fork to make a pattern. 

Bake for 8-10 minutes, just until set. Remove and let cook on baking sheets. 

Makes about 30 cookies. Enjoy!

What is your favorite cookie? Please share!

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Not even her impending nuptials can keep Lucy Berberian, manager of her family-owned Kebab Kitchen, from the Jersey Shore’s annual Polar Bear Plunge. But her dive into the icy ocean is especially chilling when she finds a fellow swimmer doing the dead man’s float—for real . . .
 
Who would kill a man in cold blood during Ocean Crest, New Jersey’s most popular winter event? When Lucy learns the victim is Deacon Spooner, the reception hall owner who turned up his nose—and his price—at her wedding plans, she can’t help wondering who wouldn’t kill the pompous caterer . . .
 
Perhaps the culprit is the wedding cake baker whose career Deacon nearly destroyed? Or the angry bride whose reception he ruined? With her maid of honor, Katie, busily planning Lucy’s wedding without her, Lucy will have to get to the bottom of this cold-hearted business in time for Kebab Kitchen’s mouthwatering Christmas celebration—and before her hometown’s holiday spirit washes out to sea . . .
 
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Tina Kashian writes the Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series, and her first book, Hummus and Homicide, spent six weeks on the B&N bestseller list. Tina is an attorney and a mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.

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