Peanut Butter Cookies. These cookies were for sure the best Peanut Butter cookies I ever made. I too added just a little more flour and a little more Peanut Butter. The peanut butter cookie recipe that most resembles modern peanut butter cookies, and introduced the now familiar cross-hatch pattern, first appeared in Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True.
I have tried a lot of peanut butter cookie recipes. These soft double peanut butter cookies are definitely a favorite. A peanut butter cookie is a type of cookie that is distinguished for having peanut butter as a principal ingredient. You can cook Peanut Butter Cookies using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cookies
- It's 125 of g/4 1/2 oz/ 1/2 cup butter,softened.
- It's 150 of g/5 1/2 oz/ 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter.
- Prepare 225 of g/8 oz/ 1 cup granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 of egg,lightly beaten.
- It's 150 of g/5 1/2 oz/ 1 1/4 cup plain (all-purpose) flour.
- You need 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- It's pinch of salt.
- Prepare 75 of g/2 3/4 oz unsalted natural peanuts,chopped.
This classic peanut butter cookie recipe is thick and chewy, dusted with sugar, and downright delicious. Measure the peanut butter and sugar into a bowl. It is amazing how much flavor these simple peanut butter cookies without brown sugar have. I make them very often because I always have the ingredients on hand.
Peanut Butter Cookies instructions
- Lightly grease 2 baking trays (cookie sheets)..
- In a large mixing bowl,beat together the butter and peanut butter..
- Gradually add the sugar and beat well..
- Add the beaten egg a little at a time until it is thoroughly combined..
- Sieve (strain) the flour,baking powder and salt into the peanut butter mixture..
- Add the peanuts and bring all of the ingredients together to form a soft dough.Wrap and leave to chill for about 30 minutes..
- Form the dough into 20 balls and place them on to the prepared baking trays (cookie sheets) about 5cm/2 inches apart to allow for spreading.Flatten them slightly with your hand..
- Bake in a preheated oven,190 oC/375 oF/Gas Mark 5,for 15 minutes until golden brown.Transfer the biscuits (cookies) to a wire rack and leave to cool..
When you make a "peanut butter cookie" with only peanut butter, sugar, and an egg, you just can't get the typical texture that you'd expect from a cookie. And that's why this peanut butter cookie. Peanut butter cookies are one of those desserts we're always in the mood for. They're salty, sweet, and more rich than a chocolate chip cookie ever could be. We're suckers for the classic fork.