4 pawns in center, best white continuation

What do you think is best continuation for white here?

dxe5 would be my vote. It stops black from immediately developing his king's knight to f6, and if black replies ...dxe4, then white can reply Qxd8+ and then black can't castle (granted, not as harmful with queens off the board, but often still an annoyance with all the other pieces still present).

If black tries ...Nc6 instead to regain the pawn on e5, then white can reply exd5 and still be a pawn up (though whether or not he can maintain it long term is another question, but in any case, white can still probably exploit the time it takes for black to regain it).

Thank you. That's my choice too thought not entirely convinced on how good is. Since I don't like games exchanging queens so early and if I don't I'll be vulnerable to Black do it (taking queen spoiling the castle). So dxe5 it's a way to force myself to play a game I don't enjoy. Days ago I played a game like that, I was wondering if any other lines could be suitable for white without exchanging queens.

3.dxe5 and queen swap looks quite drawish. The loss of castling is a minor issue only.

More ambitious is 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 or 4.Nf3. This may also lead to a queen exchange but white will at least gain a tempo and the position will be more open.

duck_and_cover:

I admit that after the continuation: dxe5,dxe4; Qxd8+,Kxd8 white doesn't have an automatically won game or anything. But is he better? Absolutely. It might not be enough of an advantage to really matter that much at an amateur level, but that's not the point...the point is to find the best continuation for white in the above position.

Also, my objection with your line is that after 4.Nc3, you hand the initiative to black with ...Qxd4; Qxd4, exd4; Nb5 and now it is white who has to waste time trying to regain the pawn.
And Nf3 allows ...e4 followed by ...Qxd4 by black.

@ berrychess

I realize there are personal playing quirks everyone has about certain positions (I admit that I tend to prefer queenless positions because unless I'm clearly better, I don't enjoy the prospect of having to potentially guard against checkmate attacks).
That said, I'm of the opinion that a good chess player (which I can't admit to being yet, though I'm far from terrible) should always go with what he feels is his best continuation, regardless of the resulting position he ends up with. Afterall, you might as well learn to play every type of position because sooner or later, you'll have to anyway.