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Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
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Start by mixing all of the dry ingredients together. Flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
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Set aside.
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Add the brown sugar with the white sugar in a second mixing bowl.
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On low-medium speed add the butter to the combined sugars beating until the mixture is creamy.
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In a small bowl, whip the eggs. Slowly pour in the eggs while continuing to beat together all of the ingredients until they are well blended.
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Now mix in the peanut butter and vanilla until everything is completely incorporated.
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Slowly begin to scoop in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients .
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Mix until all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
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Cover the bowl with the cookie dough with cling wrap and place it in the refrigerator for ½ hour.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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After the ½ hour remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and use a small ice cream scoop and make small dough balls.
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Place these cookie dough balls on the parchment paper lined cookie sheets spacing each dough ball at least 2 inches away from each other.
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Dip a fork into a bowl with sugar then use it to flatten the cookies making a crisscross pattern.
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Bake the cookies at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
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Remove from the oven and sprinkle white sugar on top of each cookie.
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Allow the cookies to cool briefly on the cookie sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Enjoy!