Peanut Butter Cookies

Preheat oven to 350ºF and line 4 cookie sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper.

In a bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together to aerate the dry ingredients. Set aside.

Combine butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat that all together until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until mixed in. Then turn the speed to low and slowly add the dry ingredients until it becomes a gorgeous cookie dough.

Put the remaining 1/2 cup sugar into a small bowl. Use a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop to scoop out perfect portions of the dough and roll into balls. Coat each ball of dough in the sugar and line them up on the prepared baking sheets. One dozen should fit perfectly per sheet. Dip a fork in the remaining sugar and gently press each cookie down with it going vertically, then horizontally through the center of each one. This will create the signature criss-cross marks.

Bake the cookies two trays at a time for 12 minutes each batch. Halfway through, rotate the trays to make sure they bake evenly. When they come out, let them cool for a few minutes on the trays before transferring them to cooling racks to finish cooling. Once they are all cooled, pack them up in airtight containers or tins to enjoy and give out as gifts!