Salted Peanut Butter

🥘 Ingredients

• creamy peanut butter
  1.75 c
• eggs
  2 large
• light brown sugar
  1.75 c
• sea salt
• vanilla
  1/2 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• rimmed sheet pan
• parchment paper
• medium bowl
• spatula

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper .
2. 2

   In a medium bowl , vigorously whisk together the light brown sugar and eggs until incorporated. Whisk in the vanilla extract. Add the creamy peanut butter and mix with a spatula until smooth and completely incorporated, and until no ribbons of peanut butter can be seen. You know the dough is ready when it has the consistency of Play-Doh.

   light brown sugar: 1.75 c, eggs: 2 large, vanilla: 1/2 tsp, creamy peanut butter: 1.75 c
3. 3

   Using a scoop or a spoon, form the dough into 12 approximately 2 inch (2 to 2.25 ounce) balls and place them on the prepared rimmed sheet pan. For smaller cookies, use a heaping tablespoon.
4. 4

   Sprinkle the dough balls lightly with coarse-grained sea salt just before baking. Bake for 20 to ⏱️ 22 minutes , turning the rimmed sheet pan once halfway through baking (for smaller cookies, bake for 16 to ⏱️ 18 minutes ). When finished, the cookies will be lightly golden and cracked on top. Let cool completely before serving.

   sea salt
5. 5

   You can bake these cookies as soon as the dough is prepared, but they will retain their shape better if you freeze them for 15 minutes before baking.