Best Ever Peanut Butter Cookies
 
 
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • Two large cookie sheets lined with silpat or parchment paper (two in order to put the second batch in while the first batch has time to cool)
  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 180g
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter unsalted, room temp
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated white sugar (minus 2 tbsp if using sweetened peanut butter)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup peanut butter (whipped, with or without sugar, not natural with oil)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg large, room temperature (set an egg in a cup filled with warm water if coming straight out of the fridge)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line two cookie sheets with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
  2. In a mixing bowl, sift together 180g (1 1/2 cups flour) together with 3/4 tsp baking powder. I strongly recommend weighing your flour so that you have the perfect amount, too much and your cookies will turn out drier.
  3. In a mixing stand fitted with a paddle, blend together 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Blend in 1/2 cup granulated white sugar (minus 2 tbsp if using sweetened peanut butter) until thoroughly mixed. Blend in 1/2 tsp salt.
  4. Add in 1 cup peanut butter and blend thoroughly. I recommend not using the natural style peanut butter as the oils can change the texture of the cookie.
  5. Mix in 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 room temperature egg.
  6. Blend well.
  7. Using a cookie scoop, measure or roll in your hands a 1 inch ball of dough and space evenly on your prepared cookie sheet.
  8. Use a fork to press each cookie in both directions. This imprint helps the cookies cook through to the center.
  9. Bake for only 10 minutes. They will be very pale when done. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool completely right on the baking sheet so that they hold their shape. If you wish a crunchier cookie you may bake for a minute or two more as desired.
  10. Once completely cooled, remove and store in an air tight container.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2026/02/17/best-ever-peanut-butter-cookies/