I love peanut butter in my treats, really love it. As a kid our favorite after school snack was a spoonful of peanut butter. Now the idea of a spoonful of peanut butter is pretty over the top, I don’t even like peanut butter sandwiches… BUT Peanut butter and deserts are my favorites. I have been searching for the perfect peanut butter cookie recipe for years.
Then I came across an amazing, and simple peanut butter cookie recipe from Emily at Is This Really My Life. You’ll never have a better peanut butter cookie! I love to add mini chocolate chips to the recipe and I ADORE eating them as S’mores!
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
the very best peanut butter cookie recipe - easy to make and tastes amazing
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: peanut butter cookie recipe, peanut butter cookies
Servings: 60 cookies
Calories: 83 kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 C butter at room temperature
- 3/4 C packed light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 1 C peanut butter creamy or chunky
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 C granulated sugar for coating
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Cream the butter.
- Add the brown sugar and the 1/2 cup sugar and cream together.
- Beat in the peanut butter until smooth
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until combined.
- Mix in the vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and combine well. It's more moist than most cookies, so don't go adding a bunch of extra flour to bring it up to a normal dough, it's perfect just the way it is.
- Pour the remaining 1/4 C sugar in a small bowl.
- Take a heaping tablespoon of and form into a ball, I use a #100 scoop.
- Coat the ball in sugar by rolling it around in the bowl.
- Place on a cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Press the tines of a fork into the balls to create the cross-cross pattern on the top and to flatten the dough just a bit.
- Bake 9 to 10 minutes, they'll be super soft but will set as they cool.
Recipe Video
Ashlee Prisbrey is a self taught cake decorator and home chef turned blogger turned youtuber. On her blog and youtube channel she shares cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, and themed party food (cause for her parties are all about the food). In addition to blogging and videos she travels around the country speaking at blog conferences. Last year she competed on Food Network, the Halloween Baking championship, a dream come true! Ashlee loves empowering women and moms, in the kitchen, in blogging or in life. Her motto is nothing is too hard with the right tips and tricks.
Cara Salisbury Stevens
I made these today. So yummy. ..and honestly the softest cookies ever.
Thank you!
Ashlee
right? amazing, huh? I make them at LEAST once a month!
Nikki
I love danish butter cookies, gonna have to make these tomorrow. I love peanut butter cookies too, but I bought some cookies from a friend’s Christmas thing one year called Cowboy Crunch cookies and those were awesome!
Ashlee
these area seriously the best peanut butter cookies ever. and I hope you like the butter cookies!
Patricia
What is the chocolate you dipped in? Just melted chocolatelate?
Sharon Holland
What kind of mixer are you using?
Julie Dixie
This recipe looks terrific and soooo easy….. Can’t wait to try it.
Can you tell me what kind of mixer that is? I have never seen one and am wondering if it is available.
Nadine
These cookies look fabulous and I will try them soon. Please tell us what kind of mixer/blender you are using. It looks pretty wonderful, too.
Thank you.
Ashlee Marie
thank you. It’s a bosch universal mixer – been around since the 50’s! I grew up with one, my mom’s is 40 years old and still going strong! Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch or you can find it on amazon too http://amzn.to/210Eyra I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/