Instructions

1. Cream the crunchy peanut butter and the softened butter until they are fully combined (at least 2 minutes.)
2. Add the white and brown sugar and continue mixing for another 3 minutes.
3. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for the final 3 minutes.
4. Add dry ingredients and mix just until the flour is combined.
5. Add 1 cup of chopped peanuts and mix together until combined.
6. Using a food scale, we measured 2.5 oz. of cookie dough for each cookie.  Roll the dough into a ball and place it on a cookie sheet. Make a criss-cross on the peanut butter cookie dough ball with a fork that has been dipped in flour.
7. Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes.
8. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before you transfer them to a cooling rack or parchment paper to fully cool.