Ingredients

1.5 cup All-purpose Flour

0.5 cup Butter

unsalted, room temp

1 cup Peanut Butter

0.5 cup Brown Sugar

lightly packed

0.5 cup Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Egg

large, room temp

0.75 tsp Baking Powder

Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Preppy Kitchen (John Kanell)

Serves	Prep	Cook	Total	Shares
18	1 min	10 min	15 min	2

These ULTRA-easy, melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookies with just the right balance of salty and sweet are a sure to please treat.

dessert

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Recommended Equipment

Sifter

Stand mixer with paddle attachment

Oven

Parchment paper

Baking sheet

Whisk

Fork

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat over to 350F

Sift flour and baking powder together then whisk to combine.

1.5 cup All-purpose Flour
0.75 tsp Baking Powder

Cream butter and sugars in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. You can add an optional 1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt.

0.5 cup Butter
unsalted, room temp
0.5 cup Brown Sugar
lightly packed
0.5 cup Sugar

Add peanut butter and mix until incorporated.

1 cup Peanut Butter

Mix in egg and vanilla extract then add flour mixture and beat until incorporated.

1.5 cup All-purpose Flour
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
large, room temp
0.75 tsp Baking Powder

Roll dough into one inch balls and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Flatten cookies with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes.

Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet, they need to set up before being transferred.