Old- Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

5 from 5 votes

This old-fashioned chewy peanut butter cookie recipe is tried and true and so delicious. The perfect cookie for any occasion and so easy to make.

Prep Time10

Cook Time9

cooling1

Total Time20

Servings: cookies

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together the butter and peanut butter until well combined and smooth.
½ cup Creamy peanut butter, 4 tablespoon Unsalted butter
Add brown sugar and mix until well combined.
1 cup Light brown sugar
Add eggs one at a time and mix well.
2 large eggs
Add vanilla and mix again.
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
1 ½ cups All purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Baking powder, ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.
Place granulated sugar on to a plate.
⅓ cup Granulated sugar
Now scoop out a heaping tablespoon of the peanut butter cookie dough and roll into a ball then roll the ball in the sugar on the plate until it is well coated.
Place the sugar coated cookie dough ball on to a sheet pan.
Continue to roll and coat the cookie dough until all of it is used up making sure to leave about 2 inches of space on the sheet pan. (you may need 2 sheet pans)
With a fork, press the fork into the top of each cookie dough ball to form an X (press down one way then the opposite way).
Bake for about 11 minutes or until they are just slightly golden brown.
Cool for 5 minutes or so then enjoy!

You can store these peanut butter cookies in an air tight container for up to one week if they last that long :)

Nutrition Values are estimates only.

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Course :Dessert, entertaining, holidays