Great American Cookie Peanut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups m&m's milk chocolate candies
• 2 butterfinger candy bars, coarsely chopped
• 0.5 (8 ounce) package toffee pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. in a mixer bowl, cream butter or margarine, peanut butter, brown sugar, and 1 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. beat in the eggs and vanilla.
• 3 gradually beat in your choice of mix-in's until just combined. if you want just peanut butter cookies, just skip this step.
• 4 drop heaping tablespoons of dough into remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar. shape into balls. place about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. flatten slightly with a fork dipped in the sugar.
• 5 bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies are just set and are slightly firm to the touch. do not over-bake. they will crisp up when cooled.
• 6 cool for one minute on cookie sheets. transfer to wire racks to cool completely.