Peanut butter cookies- the macaroon method

This recipe is so easy, so fast, and so delicious it might just become your new go to. 

Ingredients:
1 cup Peanut butter
1 cup Brown sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla extract (optional)
Flour, for coating hands when rolling cookies
1 cup Granulated sugar (optional)

Method:
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In bowl of mixer, combine peanut butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla (if desired).  Beat until well mixed.

2.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment. *** Pour granulated sugar into low bowl.  Coat your hands generously with flour and roll dough into 1 inch balls.  Roll each ball in sugar, place on cookie sheet.   Press down cookie with back of spoon.

3.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, remove and cool on wire rack.  Eat and enjoy!

TIP:  While the cookies are still warm from the oven, use your thumb to press down in the center of the cookie.  You can either put a little bit of your favorite jam for a PB & J cookie or pour in a little chocolate ganache. 

*** Note!  I didn't have any parchment paper left, so I greased my cookie sheet with shortening and sprinkled it with flour.