Small-Batch Peanut Butter Cookies
These one bowl, small batch peanut butter cookies are soft inside and crisp on the outside. They're made with pantry ingredients and are ready in about 25 minutes. This cookie makes about 6 thick cookies.
Servings 6 cookies
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl AND Hand Mixer
- OR Stand Mixer
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Spoon or Scoop
- baking sheet
- Baking Mat or Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup salted butter softened
- ¼ cup sugar table sugar or turbinado
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ⅓ cup flour + 1 Tablespoon either all purpose (AP) or half AP half whole wheat
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt or two pinches if using unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl (using a hand mixer) cream together ¼ cup salted butter, ⅓ c peanut butter, ¼ cup sugar, ¼ cup packed brown sugar. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed for about 3 minutes.
- Once butters and sugars are creamed, add one egg. Beat until just incorporated. Add ½ cup flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon baking powder, and a pinch of salt to the mixture. Beat at a low speed until just incorporated.
- Using a scoop or your hands, take about ¼ cup dough and roll into a ball. Place on a baking mat OR parchment paper on a baking sheet. Repeat with remainder of the dough. Make sure there is at least 1.5 inch between cookie dough balls.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Or until cookies are just golden brown on the outside, but still soft to the touch.
- Remove cookies from oven. They should be golden brown on top and not sink if you gently press the top with your finger. I like to take them out a minute or so earlier than I would like and just let them cook slightly longer on the pan, after removing it from the oven. Let cool completely.
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Notes
- Add an extra pinch of salt to dry ingredients if using unsalted butter.
- Swap peanut butter with another nut butter that you have. Use creamy or crunchy nut butter.
- Use ¼ c all purpose flour and ¼ c whole wheat flour if you have both!
- You can dip ½ of the cookie into the chocolate. Make sure they're cooled before dipping.
- Optional Add-ins: chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, chopped peanuts, flaky salt.