Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

A close-up shot of stacks of freshly baked peanut butter cookies. The cookies have a golden brown color with a criss-cross pattern on top, all arranged on a dark wooden surface.
4 from 34 votes

Classic peanut butter cookies – this recipe is really easy to make and super rich and delicious.

A close-up shot of stacks of freshly baked peanut butter cookies. The cookies have a golden brown color with a criss-cross pattern on top, all arranged on a dark wooden surface.

Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

4 from 34 votes
Prep Time 1 hour
WORK TIME 15 minutes
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine American
Servings 25 yields

Ingredients
 

  • ¾ cup 185g peanut butter (creamy)
  • ½ cup 110g unsalted butter, soft
  • ½ cup 100g white sugar
  • ½ cup 100g brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups 250g flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. Preheat oven to 180C/360F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
    2. In a large mixing bowl cream together white sugar, brown sugar and butter until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, until combined. Mix in the peanut butter until smooth and creamy.
    3. In a medium bowl stir flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
    4. Add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture and beat until well combined. Place the batter in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
    5. Roll the batter into 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls. place the cookies on the baking sheet, leave about 2 inches (5 cm) apart. Flatten cookies, using a fork, in a crisscross pattern.
    6. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cool 15-20 minutes.

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5 Comments

  1. I made this recipe and I have to say that it’s the best Peanut Butter Cookie I ever had in my life and I’m 65 yrs old and have tasted many different peanut butter cookies. But this little cookie was a HUGE-Hit” with my family and friends that everyone wanted to know how I made them even one person who’s not big on peanut butter/cookies fan but he really loved these cookies. Of I told everyome that I put all the credit where it belongs and that’s with (TheCookingFoodie.com). I’m pretty confident”

    December 3, 2022
  2. I added 1/4 cup of milk to the dough it was very dry and crumbly with 2 cups of flour. Made about 30 small cookies. Delicious 😋

    March 9, 2023
  3. Renuka Monga Renuka says:

    How can we replace egg as Iam vegetarian

    May 5, 2023
  4. Sunita daga says:

    Hi replacement of eggs

    October 10, 2023
  5. Shaherose Lalji says:

    I had to add in about a 1/4 cup of milk to the dough as it was very dry and crumbly with 2 cups of flour. I noticed that your peanut butter was of pouring consistency while mine was creamy and not pourable. That could have made the difference. Perhaps next time I will try to warm up the peanut butter a little bit to making it pouring consistency. The cookies turned out good. I had to bake mine for at least 18 minutes.

    March 23, 2024
4 from 34 votes (34 ratings without comment)

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