Peanut Butter Cookies - Part 1

For cookies: 1 c Bleached all-purpose flour

1 ts Baking soda

1/8 ts Salt

1/2 c Packed light brown sugar

1/4 c Granulated sugar

1/2 c Unsalted butter, softened

1 c Smooth peanut butter

Preferably jif); see note 1 lg Egg

1/2 ts Vanilla

For milk chocolate topping: 6 oz Milk chocolate

6 oz Bittersweet chocolate

6 tb Unsalted butter; softened

For cherry preserves -topping: 1 1/2 Jars Cherry preserves; (12-o

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10/21/96 See Part 2. -----