The Best Peanut Butter Cookies are chewy, soft, slightly crumbly with lots of peanut butter! Ohhhh how I love peanut butter!
I browsed around for a good peanut butter recipe and stumbled upon this one here. I read the reviews and people said they fell apart and were slightly salty. Uhm, hello dream cookie. I recommend using unsalted butter with a teaspoon of salt or salted butter without the added salt. One or the other. I love salt but you don’t need to overpower your cookies.
Creamy peanut butter was used today for The Best Peanut Butter Cookies but you can easily swap for crunchy and it will be delicious. I always try to give a tip for recipes but this is really simple. Mix all your ingredients besides the flour together well. Next, add the flour and mix another minute. Bake them. Easy. Make sure that your butter is softened and your egg is at room temperature before starting the cookie dough and they should bake up perfectly after a 20 minute rest in the refrigerator.
Let’s make bake cookies!
Recipe adapted from Rachel Schultz.
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies |
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Yields: 24 cookies
- .5 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1.5 cups flour
- Gather ingredients, baking sheet, parchment paper, fork, cooling rack, mixer, measuring cups, mixing bowl and cookie scoop.
- Allow time for the egg to warm and butter to soften.
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In the mixing bowl, add .5 cup butter, 1/4 cup sugar, 3/4 brown sugar, egg, tablespoon vanilla extract, teaspoon salt and baking soda. Use a stand or hand mixer to mix all ingredients well.
- Add 1.5 cups flour and mix again until completely bended.
- Set cookie dough in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Place parchment paper on baking sheet.
- Scoop dough onto baking sheet allowing enough space for cookies to expand.
- Using the fork, press cookies down a bit.
- Place in oven for 9-10 minutes.
- Place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
- Enjoy!
- Preparation time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 9 minutes
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Katelyn Brewer
December 16, 2016 at 5:16 PMOkay, I’m definitely going to make this this month! Sounds so yummy!
Stacey
December 16, 2016 at 4:36 PMOh my, I’m needing a batch just for myself… then I’ll make more to share! 🙂 YUM!
Sharon
December 16, 2016 at 3:36 PMYummm! Peanut butter cookies are my favorite. The look delicious!
Veronika
December 16, 2016 at 8:54 AMThose look delicious! I should really make some homemade edible gifts this year, maybe I’ll make these!
Amanda
December 16, 2016 at 1:33 AMPeanut butter cookies are my guilty secret. I love them. I have to convert to gluten-free ingredients, but that is ok. I just can’t get enough peanut butter cookies.
Jehava
December 15, 2016 at 6:28 PMThese are my favorite kind of cookie! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Amanda | The Golden Girl Diary
December 15, 2016 at 4:40 PMThese look so good! PB is my favorite!
xo, Amanda | http://www.thegoldengirldiary.com
Tammy
December 15, 2016 at 3:31 PMThese cookies look amazing! We love peanut butter cookies at our house!
Belle
December 15, 2016 at 1:48 PMI love a good peanut butter cookie! I’m going to have to try this at home.
Belle | One Awesome Momma