Name: Grandad Danner's Favorite Peanut Butter Cookies
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes
Yield: Makes about 30 cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon fine salt; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 organic large egg, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup peanut butter chips; 1/4 cup granulated sugar (optional)

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Grandad Danner's Favorite Peanut Butter CookiesCourtesy of Grand Central Publishing

Based on my grandmother's very old recipe, these cookies are a slightly softer version of my granddad Danner's favorite peanut butter cookies. These were his favorite things on earth and my grandmother always made them for him. He passed away when I was seven, but I can still remember him with his thick shock of white hair eating these cookies with a glass of milk.

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