Preheat 350 oven
In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or with
a hand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter and
white sugar, until they are fluffy and completely
combined. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. In
a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt and
baking soda. Add the flour mixture then the butter
mixture a little at a time until it is fully
comined. NOTE- do not over mix at this point, or
you will have tough cookies. Roll the dough into
balls a little smaller than the size of a golf
ball, it will be 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per
cookie. Roll the dough balls in the sugar.
Place on the parchment or silpat lined baking
sheet. Bake for 10 minutes Remove from oven and
lightly press star in the middle of each cookie.
Place badck in the oven for an additional 2 1/2
minutes. NOTE- You may have to bake the cookies i
n 2 or 3 batches. Cool the cookies on a cooling
racking and then serve.
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