Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies are amazingly simple to make, and require no special ingredients other than the peanut butter. The result it a perfectly chewy cookie with a rich peanut butter flavor.

Try these for yourself. (recipe makes approximately 36 cookies)

Also check these out on my food blog: Michael's Test Kitchen

Step 1: Ingredients

Ingredients: (makes approx. 36 cookies)

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup butter, softened

⅔ cup sugar

1 ⅓ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons vanilla

Step 2: Dry Ingredients

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients: Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.

Step 3: Whip It

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together peanut butter, butter, and sugars. Beat until fluffy.

Step 4: Egg It

Add eggs and vanilla, and stir to combine.

Step 5: Flour It

Gradually add the flour mixture into the butter mixture until all combined.

Step 6: Form & Bake It

Place cookies in 1 inch balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, preferably lined with a silicone baking mat.

Bake in oven for around 11 minutes, until the cookies look set and brown around the edges.

Step 7: Enjoy!

Consume.