Description
These Best Ever Soft Peanut Butter Cookies are rich, chewy, and perfectly tender. Made with creamy peanut butter and brown sugar, they’re nostalgic, easy, and absolutely irresistible.
Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheet.
2. Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars until fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
4. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet.
6. Scoop dough and place on baking sheet.
7. Flatten with fork in crisscross pattern.
8. Bake 9-11 minutes.
9. Cool before serving.
Notes
Do not overbake for soft centers.
Use regular peanut butter for best texture.
Store airtight up to 5 days.
Freeze dough balls for easy baking later.
- Prep Time: PT15M
- Cook Time: PT10M
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg