Laura makes the best cookies, by far. She has the gift.

• ½ cup softened butter
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix butter and peanut butter until smoothly blended. Gradually add sugars, and beat until fluffy. Stir in vanilla and eggs.

Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl, and add to butter mixture in thirds, mixing thoroughly after each addition.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on baking sheet, and press down with a fork you have dipped in flour, in a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack. If you want to keep them chewy in the middle, store them in a tightly covered container.