• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Amanda Cooks & Styles

  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Contact
  • Shop

Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

March 23, 2022 By Amanda Cooks & Styles 1 Comment

  • Share20
  • Tweet
  • Email

Soft Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe – Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies the whole family will love. These delicious treats are so easy and fun to make.

JUMP TO RECIPE
soft peanut butter cookies

Serve warm cookies with an ice cold glass of milk or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This recipe makes 18 cookies – equivalent to about one and a half dozen cookies. If you are cooking for a large crowd, you can easily double or even triple this recipe!

Bring these cookies to your upcoming holiday gatherings, parties, and so much more! Store cookies in an airtight container or sealed storage bag on the counter for up to 3-5 days.

pinterest image peanut butter cookies

Ingredients you need to make Peanut Butter Cookies:

Peanut Butter – Smooth or chunky peanut butter both work great.

Butter – Salted or unsalted butter both work great in this recipe.

Brown Sugar – Light or dark brown sugar both work great in this recipe.

White Sugar – White granulated sugar or cane sugar both work in this recipe.

Baking Soda – To assist in the rising process.

Vanilla Extract – A good quality pure vanilla extract is best.

Salt – I almost always use sea salt in my recipes but you can use any cooking salt you have on hand.

All-purpose Flour – Extremely versatile flour perfect for baking cookies. You can also use gluten-free flour for this recipe.

Egg – Increase richness of the cookie.

Tools to have on hand for this recipe:

  • stand mixer or hand mixer â€“ To mix your cookie dough.
  • baking sheet â€“ To bake the cookies on.
  • cooling rack â€“ To cool the cookies after baking.
  • measuring cups and spoons â€“ For properly measuring all of your ingredients.
  • parchment paper â€“ This will prevent the cookies from sticking to your baking sheet.
soft peanut butter cookie recipe

How to make the best soft peanut butter cookies:

In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together brown sugar, white sugar, peanut butter and butter. Mix over medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. (You can also mix in a bowl with a fork or rubber spatula.)

In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix over medium speed until well incorporated.

Transfer dough to a bowl and cover. Place dough in the fridge to chill for one hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

Roll about 1-1/2 tablespoons of dough into a ball and transfer to baking sheet. Gently press dough down with back of fork in crisscross pattern.

Transfer to oven and bake for 9-11 minutes until edges are golden.

When done, transfer cookies to cooling rack. Enjoy!

best peanut butter cookies

More cookie recipes you’ll love:

Thumbprint Cookies with Strawberry Jam – Soft and chewy thumbprint cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar are the absolute perfect treat. These are by far one of my favorite cookies.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies – Brownie like double chocolate cookies are the perfect balance between a cookie and a brownie. These cookies are out of this world delicious!

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies – The perfect chocolate chip cookie with just the right amount of sweetness, chewiness and texture! Serve with cold milk for absolute perfection!

White Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies – Scrumptious chewy chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips have made it to the top of my cookie craving list. Serve with a cold glass of milk or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Peanut butter cookies

HOW TO STORE BAKED COOKIES & RAW COOKIE DOUGH:

Store completely cooled baked cookies in an airtight container on the counter for about a week.

To store raw cookie dough, place in an airtight freezer bag in the freezer for up to 3 months.

soft peanut butter cookie recipe

Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

Amanda Cooks & Styles
Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies the whole family will love. These delicious treats are so easy and fun to make.
5 from 3 votes
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 1 hr 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 18 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 cup Butter softened
  • 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/3 cup White Sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg

Instructions
 

  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together brown sugar, white sugar, peanut butter and butter. Mix over medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. (You can also mix in a bowl with a fork or rubber spatula.)
  • In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix over medium speed until well incorporated.
  • Transfer dough to a bowl and cover. Place dough in the fridge to chill for one hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
  • Roll about 1-1/2 tablespoons of dough into a ball and transfer to baking sheet. Gently press dough down with back of fork in crisscross pattern.
  • Transfer to oven and bake for 9-11 minutes until edges are golden.
  • When done, transfer cookies to cooling rack. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 153kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 171mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 171IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword easy peanut butter cookie recipe, how to make homemade peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cookies, soft peanut butter cookies
Tried this recipe?LET US KNOW how it was!

Filed Under: American, Cookies/Bars, Dessert, Holiday, Kid Friendly Meals, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: Christmas Cookies, Cookies, pb, peanut butter, soft

Follow along on INSTAGRAM for more delicious recipes!

Follow along on PINTEREST for more delicious recipes!

Previous Post: « Slow Cooker Red Wine Pot Roast
Next Post: Fresh Spaghetti Pomodoro »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ursula Hawkins

    April 3, 2022 at 8:03 am

    5 stars
    Thanks for sharing easy and fun recipes!😊

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Follow Along:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Welcome! I’m Amanda!

Hi, I'm Amanda! Here you will find simple, easy and delicious family friendly recipes. Thanks for stopping by!

Categories

Archives

Family Favorite Recipes

orange chicken recipe

Orange Chicken

Creamy Chipotle Chicken Pasta

Slow Cooked Tender London Broil

Restaurant Style Bean & Cheese Burrito

Chipotle Macaroni and Cheese

Baked Ziti Recipe

squaw bread recipe

Sweet Brown Bread

baked mac and cheese

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Footer

Privacy Policy

Copyright© 2023 Amanda Cooks & Styles