Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

½ lb butter

1 ½ c brown sugar, packed

¾ c sugar

2 eggs

2 t vanilla

1 c smooth peanut butter

2 ½ c flour

1 t baking powder

1 t salt

1 lb milk chocolate chunks

Preheat the oven to 350.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butters and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla and peanut butte, and mix. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and add to the batter, mixing only until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks.

Drop the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, using a rounded tablespoon. Dampen your hands, flatten the dough lightly, then press the tines of a wet fork in both directions. Bake for exactly 17 minutes. (The cookies will seem underdone.) Do not over bake. Remove form the oven and let cool slightly on the pan, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool.