Peanut Butter Cookies

I suddenly craved of having a toast with a thick layer of peanut butter then top with my favorite chocolate sprinkle which I brought from Jakarta. Until now I haven't found another good (to my taste) brands than Ceres. Anyway, to my surprise it wasn't easy finding peanut butter here, in Caracas. I had to search it at 4 supermarkets and finally I found it in a small store who sells delicatessen and imported products. My kind of peanut butter is creamy and nutty not like the one I got, but I was happy though. The second problem was that nowadays there is hardly butter to find, nor local neither imported products. I think the best thing living in a country where you don't always find what you want that you can appreciate it more when you finally have it.

I had already made two batches and always gone quickly. Glad that I'd bought two jars of peanut butter. I divided the dough in three, I gave chocolate chips just like the original recipe, I also added peanuts into the second half and for the third dough I topped with walnut. All were so good. I would like to send this cookie for Click but I don't know why I can't open Jugalbandi website.

Source and adapted from Easy Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup soft unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup brown sugar (I used raw sugar cane)
1/2 cup white sugar (I used 1/8 cup)
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup peanut butter (I added 3 tbsp more)
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda

Extra:
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup peanut
Walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F
Combine all purpose flour and baking soda in a bowl. Set aside
In a mixing bowl, blend together sugars, peanut butter, butter and salt. Add eggs and vanilla extract, combine well. Fold in flour mixture, mix well. You'll find the dough is still soft, but it's just fine. Divide the dough into three: add chocolate chips to the first one, add peanuts to second one. Make some balls and drop onto greased or lined cookie tray. Flatten a bit with the bottom of a glass and top with walnuts into the third dough. Bake for 10-12 minutes. The cookies will still soft even after 14 minutes (I did it first because I wasn't so sure about the consistence) but after cooling down they will harder