3-11-98  Best Peanut Butter Cookies  3/4 cup flour (sifted)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup butter or oleo
1/2 cup of creamy or chunky peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup salted peanuts
1/2 cup chocolate pieces (optional)  In a medium bowl cream the butter & peanut butter.
Beat in 1 ingredient at a time the sugars, egg, & vanilla.
Add flour & soda & mix well with a spoon.
Stir in the peanuts & chocolate pieces.
Drop by heaping tsp. about 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.
Makes 4 dozen.  Elfrieda Postma  