If you are looking for the best peanut butter cookie recipe, you will enjoy this one. Recently I was looking through my mother’s recipe cards and came across her peanut butter cookie recipe. This recipe has the best peanut butter flavor of any recipe I have tried.
Delicious Peanut Butter Cookies
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies
This recipe is quick and easy to make. You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry.
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Peanut Cookie Ingredients
Mom’s delicious recipe is for basic peanut butter cookies.
Line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat.
What Ingredients do I Need to Make These Cookies?
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup room temperature butter (mom used shortening)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 egg (unbeaten)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (extra for rolling the cookies)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Tools and Supplies
- Stand mixer
- Medium bowl
- Sifter
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Spatula
- Half sheet pan
- Silpat
- Cooking rack
- Cookie scoop
Using a stand mixer fitted with the batter paddle, cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars.
Next, beat in egg, vanilla, and milk.
In a separate bowl, sift together the rest of the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, salt.
Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
Roll dough balls in sugar
Use a cookie scoop to measure out one-inch balls. Drop the dough balls into granulated sugar.
I used spoons to cover the dough balls with sugar.
Using two spoons to roll the dough
Place the sugar-coated dough balls on a cookie sheet spacing them 2″ apart.
Place dough on baking sheet
Using the back of the fork, press the dough to flatten with even pressure. Then do it again, crossing the first lines to create the signature fork marks.
Scoring the peanut butter cookies
Pressing the fork the opposite way in cookie dough
Baked peanut cookies
Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. The cookies are done when the bottoms are slightly brown.
Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375-degree F
- Using a stand mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugar.
- Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla
- In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly add the flour mixture into the butter mixture
- Using a cookie scoop measure out one-inch balls of dough.
- Roll dough into a tight ball
- Then, roll the dough ball in a small bowl of granulated sugar
- Place balls of dough on a cookie sheet spacing 2" apart
- Using the back of a fork, press down the dough balls and then press the fork in the dough the again forming a hashtag shape with the fork indentations
- Place baking sheet in a 375-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes
- The cookies are done when the bottoms are light brown
- Remove pan and allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack
Equipment
Notes
- You can use chunky peanut butter instead of creamy.
- You can substitute Crisco for butter.
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Special Notes
- Since I am using butter for this recipe, I allow it to sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature.
- I like to use natural peanut butter (do not use the peanut butter that must be stirred).
- The dough can be made ahead of time then stored in the refrigerator until use (chill the dough up to 24 hours).
- Crunchy peanut butter can be used instead of creamy peanut butter.
- Mini chocolate chips make a tasty peanut butter cookie mix in.
Nutrition
Special Notes
- Since I am using butter for this recipe, I allow it to sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature.
- I like to use natural peanut butter (do not use the peanut butter that must be stirred).
- The dough can be made ahead of time (chill the dough up to 24 hours).
- Crunchy peanut butter can be used instead of creamy peanut butter.
- Mini chocolate chips make a tasty peanut butter cookie mix in.
These cookies are best served with a cold glass of milk!
Milk and fresh-baked peanut cookies
Peanut butter cookies make a wonderful edible gift too.
Edible Christmas Gift
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Another holiday favorite is peanut butter blossom cookies. They have the same basic cookie dough with a Hershey Kiss.
Peanut Butter and Hershey’s Kisses Cookies
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Lolita
Tuesday 23rd of January 2024
I really enjoyed your article, it was very delicious and easy to follow. You have shared a classic recipe for peanut butter cookies, with clear instructions and photos. Thank you for making my baking experience so fun and satisfying. Stickman Boost
floydprica
Monday 19th of September 2022
The cutest cookies are those in the jars! I could use a ton of these jars that I have left from making small pretzel salads! backrooms game
april
Monday 25th of July 2022
Does anyone know if these are more on the softer side of a cookie? I don't really like hard cookies.
Kippi
Saturday 22nd of June 2024
@Daphnie, Thank you so much.
Daphnie
Monday 1st of May 2023
@april, They are soft! They have a little crunch on the outside but soft in the middle! Very good!
Raj
Sunday 24th of July 2022
Very nice recipe. Nice information.
miklas hary
Wednesday 24th of November 2021
The instructions are very detailed and easy to understand. Very simple recipe easy to do. I really like this dish. wuxiaworld