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Published: April 7, 2020 · Modified: Jun

14, 2020 by John Kanell
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You'll love these ULTRA-easy peanut

butter cookies. They're full of peanut
butter flavor and have the perfect balance
of salty and sweet with a wonderfully soft,
melt in your mouth texture. This cookie is
a classic for a reason!

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Adding peanut butter to cookies creates

an amazing soft consistency with a very
delicate, velvety crumb. These classic
peanut butter cookies are complete
crowd pleasers.

You can make them days in advance for

instant gratification anytime and they’re
so easy to make! The most difficult part is
having the patience to let them set up
after they’re out of the oven. For another
cookie recipe that utilizes peanut butter,
try my Easy No Bake Cookies!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

FOR THIS RECIPE

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Peanut Butter: I like using a creamy

peanut butter for this recipe but you can
definitely use chunky peanut butter
instead. If you’re using a natural peanut
butter make sure to give it a VERY good
mix before adding.

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Brown Sugar: You can use either light or

dark brown sugar in this peanut butter
cookie recipe. Dark brown will impart a
slightly more caramel-like flavor.

HOW TO MAKE PEANUT

BUTTER COOKIES

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1. Preheat over to 350F. Sift flour and

baking powder together into a large bowl
then whisk to combine.

2. Cream butter, granulated sugar, and

brown sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a
paddle attachment. Add peanut butter
and mix until incorporated.

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3. Mix in the room temperature egg and

vanilla extract then scrape the bowl down
and mix once more.

4. Add flour mixture and beat on low until

just incorporated.

5. Roll the cookie dough into one inch

balls and place on baking sheet lined with
parchment paper.

6. Flatten the cookie dough balls with a

fork in a criss-cross pattern. Bake
cookies for about 8 minutes. Allow
cookies to cool completely on baking
sheet, they need to set up before being
transferred.

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PRO TIPS FOR THIS

RECIPE
You will bake the cookies until almost
done when the edge is just starting
to change color. They will set up and
continue baking with the residual
internal heat after they’re pulled out
of the oven.

Measure your flour correctly! Adding

too much flour to the recipe is the
most common mistake. The best, and
easiest way to measure flour is by
using a scale. If you don’t have one
then fluff your flour with a spoon,
sprinkle it into your measuring cup,
and use a knife to level it off. If you
have any questions about flour
measuring check out the YouTube
video I made about it.

The cookies will be VERY soft just

out of the oven so let them rest for a
while on the baking sheets before
transferring to a wire rack; when
cooled they will be firm enough to
handle and quite delicious.

Store in an airtight container for up to

a week for delicious anytime treats.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS

WHY DO THEY HAVE FORK

MARKS?

Peanut butter cookies are denser than

most and will not spread out in the oven
very much and would not bake evenly if
the fork marks were not there to flatten
them out and really press them down.

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HOW TO GET THE PERFECT

FORK MARK PATTERN

To get the perfect fork mark/ crisscross

pattern try using skewers instead of a
fork. I used my trusty wooden skewers,
snapped a few in half, lined four up and
pressed down. It took more time but I got
the picture-perfect cookies of my dreams.
A fork works well too of course, try to use
one with long tines. For a clean release
pull the fork away instead of lifting up, or
it you’re using the skewers try twisting
them.

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WHAT’S THE BEST PEANUT

BUTTER TO USE FOR
THESE COOKIES?

For best results I use a smooth,

salted peanut butter.

There’s no need to use a sweetened

peanut butter but if that’s what you
have on hand it will work just fine,
you make want to decrease the sugar
by 2 tablespoons though.

If you’re using a natural peanut butter

without stabilizers make sure to mix
really well after opening the jar. The
oil heavy top of that jar will make
very runny cookies.

Any brand that you enjoy the taste of

plain will be a great for this peanut
butter cookie recipe!

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SHOULD YOU CHILL THE

DOUGH BEFORE BAKING?

Nope, there’re no need to chill the cookie

dough but if you want to make the dough
ahead and chill it the cookies will bake up
just as nicely.

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If you’ve tried this easy peanut butter

cookies recipe then don’t forget to
leave a rating and let me know how you
got on in the comments below, I love
hearing from you!

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