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Peanut Butter Cookies on a cooling rack.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Dalya Rubin
This Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe makes for the softest, chewy cookies with the best sweet peanut butter flavor in every bite. They're SO good! Coated in sugar, the cookies are just as pretty as they are delicious and incredibly easy to make. We love them for the holidays, but they're honestly great any time of year. You'll definitely want to save this simple but elevated peanut butter cookie recipe!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Inactive Time 30 minutes
Total Time 59 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 18 -20 Cookies

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 8 Tablespoons; 1 stick
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar plus ¼ cup extra for rolling the cookies
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 large egg at room temperature
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Add the peanut butter, ½ cup sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix for 2 minutes until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  • Mix in the egg until combined. The mixture may look weird and clumpy, that is normal.
  • Add the flour and mix until just combined and a cookie dough forms.
  • Cover the bowl and chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
  • When ready to roll the cookies, preheat the oven to 350°F and line two rimmed cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Prepare a bowl with 1/4 cup remaining granulated sugar for rolling the cookies.
  • Scoop 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls of cookie dough, roll into a ball, roll into the bowl of sugar and place onto the prepared pan. Repeat with remaining cookie dough leaving 2 inches between each cookie.
  • Use a fork to make a criss-cross design on the top of each cookie, slightly pressing down the cookie as you indent it with the fork.
  • Bake 12-14 minutes until the edges are a light golden brown and the cookies look just set.
  • Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • We would not recommend using a natural peanut butter, since this recipe works best with a more processed peanut butter that is consistent in texture. 
  • If making smaller cookies (1 tablespoon of dough per cookie), reduce the bake time to 10-12 minutes.
  • If making larger cookies (2 to 3 tablespoons of dough per cookie), bake 15-17 minutes. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1Cookie
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