Perfectly Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
Satisfy your craving for crunchy peanut butter cookies with this easy recipe. With just the right amount of nutty flavor and a perfectly crisp texture, you won't be able to resist these treats!
Servings: 20 cookies
Equipment
- medium cookie scoop about a 2 tablespoon scoop
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups All purpose flour
- 1 cup Granulated sugar plus more for rolling cookie dough in before baking
- ¾ cup Creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 6 tablespoon Unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and peanut butter until well combined and smooth.¾ cup Creamy peanut butter, 6 tablespoon Unsalted butter
- Add sugar and mix until well combined.1 cup Granulated sugar
- Add egg and mix well.1 large egg
- Add vanilla and mix again.1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.1 ½ cups All purpose flour, ½ teaspoon Baking powder, ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt, ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Place about ½ cup of granulated sugar on to a plate.
- With a medium cookie scoop (or about ⅛ cup), scoop of he peanut butter cookie dough, squeeze it together in your hand 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 1 inches of space on the sheet pan. (you may need 2 sheet pans)
- With a fork, make a cross pattern by pressing the fork into the top of each cookie dough ball to form an X and until they are about ½ inch thick. I like to press the pattern in two times to make it very visible.
- Bake for about 13- 15 minutes or until they are golden brown on the top.
- Cool completely to allow them to fully crisp up.
Notes
You can store these peanut butter cookies in an air tight container for up to one week if they last that long :)
Nutrition
Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 134IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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