peanut butter cookies

09/18/2024

wanted to make some cookies for some friends of mine, and it gave me the perfect opportunity to finally make peanut butter cookies. so here’s the recipe i tried that turned out well, so i don’t forget.

i used this recipe down to a t, pretty much everything was the same with minor changes.

ingredients i used:

• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

• 3/4 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 cup butter unsalted, room temp

• 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 cup peanut butter (i used creamy peanut butter.)

• 1 egg, room temp ¹ (just take it out and leave it while you prepare the rest.)

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

i find that a small 10oz container of peanut butter works specifically for this recipe. a cup is about 250g, and 10oz (284g) goes a bit over that. easier to just scrape out a whole container rather than struggle with something bigger.

1. the recipe says to preheat oven to 350F at the beginning, but i'm slow so i do this later. up to you.

2. sift 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and 3/4 tsp baking powder together then whisk to combine.

3. cream 1/2 cup butter and both 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. it says you can add an optional 1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt, but i didn't do that. it depends on your peanut butter and your personal taste.

4. add 1 cup peanut butter and mix until incorporated. (i preheated the oven here.)

5. mix in 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla extract. i slowly added flour/baking powder mixture and beat until incorporated.

6. i scooped the dough using a melon baller, and placed them on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. i made another batch by doing the same, but rolled them into smooth balls and flatten them with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.

7. i baked the cookies for about 15 minutes.

8. THIS PART IS IMPORTANT. THE COOKIES WILL COME OUT SOFT. THIS IS MEANT TO HAPPEN. allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet, they need to set up before being transferred. if you'd like, you can add hershey's kisses on top while still warm and soft.

and that's all!

these were really good to make, got told that these were really delicious and quite soft. i've been wanting to figure out how to make these from scratch, so i'm glad i was able to figure it out.

will def make these again sometime when i get the chance. the fun part about making these was trading cookies with a friend of mine i hold dear to my heart …… so awesome.

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