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Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies

INGREDIENTS

1 ¹⁄₂cups flour
¹⁄₂teaspoon baking soda
³⁄₄cup butter, at room temperature
1cup sugar
1cup peanut butter
2eggs, at room temperature
1teaspoon vanilla
¹⁄₂cup roasted peanuts, chopped
6cups miniature pretzels, chopped

DIRECTIONS
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar and peanut butter on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition and the vanilla.
- With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture, beating until just combined.
- Stir in peanuts.
- Place the pretzels in a bowl. Scoop dough by rounded Tbs.full and drop a few balls of dough in the bowl and toss to coat.
- Place the cookies on the prepared pans.
- Bake, rotating the pans after 10 minutes, until golden but still soft to the touch, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool slightly before transferring to racks to cool.