Ingredients:

Serves: 24 Yield: 24 cookies

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 large egg, beaten

1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350* and grease cookie sheets.

1)Beat together peanut butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.

2)Add beaten egg and baking soda to peanut butter mixture and beat until well combined.

3)Roll 1 teaspoon of dough into a ball and place on cookie sheet.

4)Place dough balls one inch apart on cookie sheet and flatten with tines of fork making a cross pattern.

5)Bake until puffed and a golden pale, about 10 minutes.

6)Cool cookies on baking sheet about 2 minutes and then transfer with spatula to rack to cool.

May be kept in air tight container at room temperature for 5 days.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.