Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 36-42 cookies

    • Ingredients

  • 1/2 cupbutter
  • 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  • 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  • 1egg
  • 1/2 cuppeanut butter
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1cupflour
  • 1/2 teaspoonvanilla

    • Directions

  • preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • cream butter.
  • add sugars to butter and cream.
  • combine all dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
  • add vanilla to butter mixture.
  • slightly beat egg add to butter.
  • add peanut butter to butter mixture and mix thoroughly.
  • slowly add dry ingredients to butter mixture.
  • using two teaspoons spoon mixture onto non greased baking sheet, leaving room for spreading use a fork dipped in water to level out mounds.
  • cook for 8-10 minutes.
  • cool on pan for 1 minute then transfer to cooling rack.

    • Reviews

  • “Delicious!I added cocoa powder.. first time to make peanut butter cookies!So easy!”

  • “they were very good. my family enjoyed them!!!”

  • “In an effort to keep the calories down I made these with a cup of Splenda instead of the brown & white sugar. I added a tablespoon of sugar free syrup to make up for the lack of brown sugar. Cookies were excellent! Thanks for a great recipe.”

  • “Using natural peanut butter improves the taste considerable. We used the USDA stuff when we were “poor” and it tasted much better than the processed brands.”

  • “Great cookies.. at first I thought there was no way it would make close to 30 cookies.I did add some M&M’s per my 7 yr. olds wish and they came out great!”

  • “This recipe is fantastic! I was looking for “chewy/soft” peanut butter cookies and this is it! Thanks soooo much for sharing it! :op”

  • “Very good!Just the right amount of peanut butter!We also added 3/4 cup fo chocolate chips to the batter at the end.”

  • “These are perfect.I can’t comment on how they taste once they cool, though.They’re not lasting that long!I added chocolate chips but otherwise followed the recipe.These have the perfect balance of sweet and peanut butter.Thanks for sharing the recipe!”

  • “very yummy recipe. Thanks for posting it.”

  • “These are the GREATEST PB cookies I have ever eaten/made.I added chocolate chips and they were so soft and rich!”

  • “Fantastic easy recipe! We added peanut butter chips too. It yielded 36 cookies exactly. Next time I will double the recipe as DH loves PB cookies! Your the best! Thanks for posting!!!”

  • “This is now the fourth peanut butter cookie recipe tried off Recipezaar, and in our family’s opinion, the best yet. A no-nonsense, easy recipe yielding an old-fashioned flavorful cookie. Another recipe proving simplicity is sometimes best. Thanks, Kathleen.”

  • “I added chocolate chunks to half the batch and they were GREAT! But I added a few minutes baking time for the chocolate ones. These were the chewiest and easiest pb cookies!”

  • “These were very good. Simple but wonderful. I accidently left out the baking soda and they were still gone in a night. Thanks for posting,.”

  • “Once I reduced the salt to 1/4 tsp. the cookies came out perfect! It made 18 large cookies (I like ’em large!) A nice traditional recipe! Thank you for posting it!”

  • “I used whole wheat flour and 2 medium eggs.These were excellent.They only lasted 2 days, so now I am making a double batch.Thanks for a great recipe!”

  • “So easy and sooooo good!Thanks for sharing!Teatlebug

  • “These cookies are great.My Hubby only likes “soft” cookies and these are just perfect.Thanks for the great recipe!!”

  • “These cookies were so delicious. I used 1 1/4 cups flour & the cookies baked up rounder & fuller. Great taste, great recipe. Thank you! “

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