Recipe:Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
The perfect soft and chewy peanut butter cookie recipe.
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 10 minutes
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
- Yield
- 5 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened)
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Peanut Butter
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 3/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt (optional if using salted butter)
- 1 cup Roasted Salted Peanuts (ground or finely chopped to resemble breadcrumbs)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar for 4 minutes, until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl often.
- Add eggs and vanilla and beat for 1 minute longer.
- Fold in peanut butter.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Fold in finely ground or chopped roasted salted peanuts.
- Chill dough for at least 1 hour or overnight is ideal.
- After chilling, preheat oven to 350 degrees, and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll dough into 2-inch balls. Place on cookie sheet and press each ball twice with a dinner fork to form a crisscross design.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes or until the edges become a light golden color.
Warning: Do not overbake as these are supposed to be soft and chewy. Let the cookies rest for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.