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There’s nothing better than a dessert with peanut butter. These Classic Peanut Butter Cookies are easy to make so taste so good! Simple yet so satisfying, you will be really happy with these cookies once you make them!
Why I love these Easy Peanut Butter Cookies:
The peanut butter cookie is a classic. This was actually the very first cookie I ever learned to bake.
I still remember being in the kitchen with my mom making these cookies.
It was one of the first things I really baked on my own, and I was so proud of myself.
How to make Peanut Butter Cookies:
These cookies are a world famous recipe! Classic Peanut Butter Cookies are really easy to make, and they taste so good!
Mix your wet and dry ingredients separately. Next, mix them together using a stand mixer. Spoon onto a baking sheet, then press with a fork and you are ready to bake!
Ingredient Notes:
- Peanut Butter – Use your favorite brand of creamy peanut butter.
- Butter – butter needs to be softened but not melted.
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar – packed.
- Egg – at room temperature.
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour – sifted.
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sugar – for topping the cookies right before baking.
Directions:
Step One: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet.
Step Two: In a large stand mixer or with an electric hand mixer cream together your wet ingredients.
Step Three: Next add in egg and vanilla extract and continue to mix.
Step Four: Meanwhile in a separate bowl sift together all of your dry ingredients. Then slowing add in to your wet batter.
If using a stand mixer or hand mixer mix on low until blended then turn up to medium to make sure it is smooth and mixed well.
Step Five: Roll your dough into 1 inch balls or use a cookie scoop to make the balls.
Step Six: Place on a baking sheet and use a fork to make a crisscross pattern. Sprinkle cookies with remaining sugar.
Step Seven: Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies just start to look brown.
Recipe Tip
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, sprinkle a little bit of sugar on the hot cookies for the finishing touch.
Cooking Tips:
Why flatten cookie: Peanut butter cookies don’t spread when baking as other cookies would. To make sure they bake well you want to press the cookies down. I used a fork to make the traditional marks on the peanut butter cookies.
How to make the peanut butter crisscross: It’s actually pretty simple. I just pressed down with a fork and then changed the direction of my fork and pressed again. That’s it!
Why the crisscross pattern? Due to the addition of peanut butter to these cookies, they are denser and thicker, so to ensure they bake completely you want to flatten your cookie dough balls, and using a fork in a crisscross pattern does it best.
Here are a few more of my favorite cookie recipes:
Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookie: This is my all time favorite way to make sugar cookies. If you like sugar cookies you have to try this recipe!
Chocolate Chip Cookie: The classic cookie, this one is my all time favorite.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie: This cookie is the ultimate. I mean when chocolate is in the title twice you know it’s going to be good.
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Peanut Butter Cookie
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter, (unsalted and softened)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, (packed)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar, (optional for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet lightly with nonstick cooking spray or with parchment paper.
- In a large stand mixer or with an electric hand mixer cream together peanut butter, butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add in egg and vanilla extract and continue to mix until creamy and combined.
- Meanwhile in a separate bowl sift together your flour, baking soda, and salt. Then slowing add into your wet batter. Scraping sides as needed while you mix.
- Roll your dough into 1 inch balls. Place on a baking sheet and use a fork to make a criss-cross pattern. Sprinkle cookies with remaining sugar.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies just start to turn brown. Be careful not to over bake these cookies can get hard quickly. Once cooked allow to cool on the pan or on a wire rack for 10 minutes then serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Why flatten cookie: Peanut butter cookies don’t spread when baking as other cookies would. To make sure they bake well you want to press the cookies down. I used a fork to make the traditional marks on the peanut butter cookies.
- How to make the peanut butter crisscross: It’s actually pretty simple. I just pressed down with a fork and then changed the direction of my fork and pressed again. That’s it!
- Why the crisscross pattern? Due to the addition of peanut butter to these cookies, they are denser and thicker, so to ensure they bake completely you want to flatten your cookie dough balls, and using a fork in a crisscross pattern does it best.
These cookies are delicious! Is the dough supposed to be so crumbly?
No, the dough should not be too crumbly.
oh my they turned out delicious. look just like yours
Thank you! Glad you liked them!
soft and chewy!
So glad you liked them!
This recipe was incredible! I’m not sure where I went wrong (or right) but I made 34 cookies with this recipe somehow. I baked them for 17 mins total, since my pan was packed with them I didn’t multiply the recipe, so I suppose my balls were too small, I’m not sure lol. The cookies turned out perfect though!
I am glad you liked them! I will have to test these again to see how many I get!
I made these yummy 😋 cookies for my grandkids. I added chopped peanuts to the top before baking instead of the sugar. I will definitely keep this recipe and make again.
I cut the recipe in half and it made 12 good size cookies.
Great recipe. Loved the cookies and I’m not much of a cookie baker. I just baked them for about a minute or two too long. Will definitely make them again.