Peanut Butter Cookies (2024)

You've never had Peanut Butter Cookies like these! Made from scratch, this fun spin on an old-fashioned recipe is the best ever. Don't believe us? Give these a try.

In my quest to create delicious peanut butter cookies made with natural peanut butter, I inadvertently created the best peanut butter cookies period. These are the softest, chewiest peanut butter cookies I've ever eaten! And since they are made with natural peanut butter, they have a stronger peanut butter flavor and aren't overly sweet.

If you love this recipe, you have to try our other peanut butter-inspired cookies. Try 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies, and chocolate chip peanut butter cookie pie.

What are the ingredients for peanut butter cookies?

Other recipes usually don't hold well to natural peanut butter. This cookie not only does great with natural peanut butter but taste even better that other recipes.

• Natural Peanut Butter - I tested and tested this recipe and have tried so many peanut butter cookies. Natural peanut butter is the secret ingredient that gives these their strong peanut butter flavor.
• Butter- To get the same results, use softened butter. Don't melt the butter, it will make the wrong texture of the dough.
• Sugar- Both brown sugar and white granulated sugar are needed. The brown sugar helps with the coloring.
• Egg- When baking, use a room-temperature egg to help the cookies get the best texture.
• Vanilla- Vanilla extract adds a nice smooth taste and compliments the other ingredients.
• Flour-This recipe does best with all-purpose flour.
• Baking soda- So your cookies aren't flat, use a small amount of baking soda.

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How to make Peanut Butter Cookies

Learn how to make Peanut Butter Cookies with these easy to follow instructions. Use the pictures to help get the right texture.

1. Cream the butter, sugars, and eggs together in a large mixing bowl.

2. Add the peanut butter and the dry ingredients. Mix until a smooth mixture is formed.

3. Roll the dough into a ball about 2 tablespoons. You can roll the ball in granulated sugar for a fun look.

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4. Gently press the cookies into the pan to help flatten them while baking. Bake for 10 minutes at 350° F until the center is matte and the edges are just set.

Hint: While some peanut butter cookie recipes require it, you don't have to refrigerate the dough before baking.

Substitutions and Variations

Try some of our favorite substitutions and variations to give the cookies some extra fun flavor.

• Small batch- This recipe already makes a small batch of cookies compared to some of our other recipes but if you want it even smaller, half the recipe and use one egg yolk.
• Chocolate Chip- After mixing the dough, add 1 cup of chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
• Chocolate- Satisfy your chocolate peanut butter sweet tooth by making our chocolate peanut butter cookies,
• Stuffed- Make the ultimate cookie by wrapping the dough around an OREO before baking. You'll need to keep an eye on them and adjust the baking time as needed.

Storage

Store baked cookies in an air tight container so they don't dry out. You can even freeze the baked cookies in a freezer friendly bag and enjoy the cookies frozen or microwaved for 30 seconds.

Roll the dough into balls and freeze the dough in a freezer friendly container. When ready to bake, thaw the portion you want to bake in the refrigerator and bake according to the instructions.

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