Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies (With Variations) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup smooth peanut butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons maple extract (or use vanilla)
VARIATIONS
semi-sweet chocolate chips
chocolate-covered toffee bits
chopped peanuts
4 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted

Preparation

In a large bowl stir together peanut butter with sugar, egg and vanilla until well combined.
Shape into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets, then gently flatten with the tines of the fork.
Bake 325 for 15 minutes or until golden brown; remove to wire racks to cool.
FOR VARIATIONS; press 1 cup of either chocolate chips, toffee bits or chopped peanuts on top of the prepared cookie dough, then bake as directed.
Or another variation for chocolate peanut butter cookies is; divide the peanut butter cookie dough in half; stir in half of the the melted baking squares into each half of the peanut butter cookie dough, then mix until combined, bake as directed.