The Easiest Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies that are thick, soft, and practically melt in your mouth with every single bite!
Servings: 20
Calories: 208kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar, plus ¼ cup extra for rolling
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 Large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and have ready a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Also, have ready a small bowl with about a ¼ cup of sugar for coating the cookie dough balls.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla. With a handheld mixer on medium-high speed, mix until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until combined. Do not overmix.
- Scoop out heaping tablespoons of dough, and roll into a ball. Roll in the granulated sugar, and transfer to the baking sheet spacing them 1 ½"-2" apart.
- Make crosshatch lines across the tops of the cookies using the tines of a fork, and bake for 12-14 minutes, just until the edges are a deeper brown. Serve and enjoy.
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Notes
Makes 20-24 cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 126mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 0.7mg