Peanut Butter Cookies – Classic Recipe

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You will enjoy this one if you are looking for the best peanut butter cookie recipe. 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 I have tried. 

Delicious Peanut Butter Cookies

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 makes delicious peanut butter cookies. 

Line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat.

Ingredients

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 

• 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

A stand mixer fitted with the batter paddle is used to cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars together. 

Next, beat in egg, vanilla, and milk. 

In a separate bowl, sift together the rest of the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, and 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 peanut butter cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet, spacing them 2″ apart. 

Place dough on the baking sheet

Press the dough to flatten with even pressure using the back of the fork. 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 a wire rack to cool completely. 

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Peanut Butter Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Classic peanut butter cookies are the perfect sweet comfort food.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Dessert, Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 30 cookies

Calories 109 kcal

Equipment

• Sheet pan
• Stand mixer
• Silpat

Ingredients

  

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• 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

Notes

Peanut butter cookies have a crunchy outside and a chewy inside. They have a delicious peanutty flavor. They disappear fast, so much a double batch. 

Substitutions:

• You can use chunky peanut butter instead of creamy.
• You can substitute Crisco for butter. 

• Special Notes

  1. Since I am using butter for this recipe, I allow it to sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature.
  2. I like to use natural peanut butter (do not use the peanut butter that must be stirred). 
  3. The dough can be made ahead of time then stored in the refrigerator until use (chill the dough up to 24 hours).
  4. Crunchy peanut butter can be used instead of creamy peanut butter. 
  5. Mini chocolate chips make a tasty peanut butter cookie mix in. 

Nutrition

Calories: 109kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 105IUCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg

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Special Notes

1. Since I am using butter for this recipe, I allow it to sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature.
2. I like to use natural peanut butter (do not use the peanut butter that must be stirred). 
3. The dough can be made ahead of time (chill the dough for up to 24 hours).
4. Crunchy peanut butter can be used instead of creamy peanut butter. 
5. Mini chocolate chips make a tasty peanut butter cookie mix. 

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. 

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