The Perfect Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

The Perfect Peanut Butter Cookie

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10-12 minutes to make
Serves 4

These cookies always turn out perfect. It is a fast easy cookie recipe that always delievers.

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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1/2 cup ( 1 stick ) butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
1/2 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
1/2 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
1 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter shopping list
1/2 cup ( 1 stick ) butter or margarine, softened shopping list
1/2cup firmly packed light brown sugar shopping list
1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
1 large egg shopping list
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list

How to make it

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a medium bowl sift to combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
In a large bowl beat together peanut butter, butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until smooth.
Add in egg and vanilla
Combine flour mixture with peanut butter mixture, scrapping the sides of the bowl to insure batter is well blended.
Cover bowl with plastic and place in frig for 20 minutes
Using a teaspoon drop batter 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Using a fork make crisscross pattern flattening cookies slightly.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes per your oven

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago
Gaspesiangal's I Made It review The Perfect Peanut Butter Cookie :)
11/22/15
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" It was good "
gaspesiangal ate it and said...
They were good. The dough didn't want to drop for me, too dry, so I formed it into balls. The recipe made 2 1/2 doz. that I cooked for exactly 10 minutes.
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" It was excellent "
jmonegan ate it and said...
I followed the recipe; however, I used Peter Pan Honey Peanut Butter by mistake and they were the best ever.
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omarandbecca 12 years ago
Making these for 4th of July for my friends in Argentina.. exactly the recipe I was looking for - thank you!!
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miriam 13 years ago
These were simply perfect! So nice to find a rich creamy and sweet peanut butter cookie. If you're just looking for sugar pills go elsewhere. I made a double batch of these for a bake sale but I'm going to have to package them quickly if I expect to have any for the sale!
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Ashlee288 14 years ago
loved these cookies made to perfection great recipe!
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anela ate it and said...
I have tried about a dozen PB recipes, so I know a good cookie and this wasn't it. I feel bad having wasted the ingredients. It needed more sugar, more vanilla and was too dry. AWFUL.
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samee_8888 14 years ago
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" It was good "
amyro ate it and said...
I double the recipe and the batter ended up too dry to shape, so I had to add a couple tablespoons of milk. I also cooked at 350, for only 10 minutes. A good peanut buttery cookie.
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cookiesforever 14 years ago
I have just started cooking the cookies with one of my closest friends. We do everything together. These cookies will be great! We will keep you updated on how they are turning out as we make them... Then we can chat about our differences!!!
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yourmomisaukulele 15 years ago
Great cookie but, DO NOT bake at 400, bake at 350 rotating after about 5 mins
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joy1979 15 years ago
Just made this today and we love it... its my first time..eating and baking peanut butter cookies.... thanks a lot....
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fornickels 15 years ago
These are amazing but they definitely need more peanut butter
I usually add about 3 tblspns more peanut butter
and i add a package of chocolate chips
I roll them into tblspn sized balls and don't mush them down with a fork or anything
they turn out perfect every time!
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nance109 15 years ago
This recipe is all about what I recall as a child. Thank you!
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miagine 15 years ago
This recipe is awesome! I tried it, only minus the extract and baking powder and plus canna-butter instead lol. They turned out great! Only thing is, the poster put 4 servings, not sure how many cookies they believe is in a serving but I got about 14 jumbo cookies. Thanks very much for the recipe, will use again, with or without the special. butter! ;) oh yeah, i also turn the temp to 350 also like a few others had done, great cookies!
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" It was excellent "
tangeemct ate it and said...
Just a note for those of you having issues with dryness and the cookie burning or cooking too quickly. Check the expiration date on your flour, baking soda and baking powder. I'm a major baker come Christmas time and bake tons and tons of cookies every year. In 06 the first coupla batches of cookies I made turned out flat, burned easily, or were so dry you nearly choked. A friend suggested checking the expiration dates and sure enough, my baking powder was out of date. Something to think about. I made these cookies today and they were fantastic!
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fusiongyro 15 years ago
I used chunky peanut butter and the batter pretty much stayed crumbly the whole time. I think I might go back and add some more butter and try again. The cookies came out fine, albeit crumbly; they taste quite good. Baked for about 8 minutes.
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ozzicooks 16 years ago
I was in the mood to make peanut butter cookies and although I have lots of cookbooks, I thought I would try this one since it didn't make a huge batch.
They came out extremely dry and baked in much less time....and I followed the recipe exactly.
After the first sheet came out of the oven, I added some oil to the remaining dough and even so,they still came out really really dry.
I won't make these again!
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colts0101 16 years ago
The peanut butter cookies were the best I have ever made. I added about 2 or 3 more teaspoons of peanut butter to give it just alittle bit more peanut butter taste. Also if you want a perfect cookie, not to soft not to hard then set oven for 350 for exactly 10 minutes and then let sit for a couple of minutes.

Don't try to make all the cookies unless you like leftover cookies. I made 10 or 12 and put the rest of the batter in fridge for fresh cookies later.

Anybody leaving neg feedback did something wrong.
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chefmom101 16 years ago
This is a very good recipe! I baked the cookies a little less time then suggested-7min.They are chewy inside and crispy on outside. I will be adding this recipe to my Christmas cookie collection,
Thank you.
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Just a note for those of you having issues with dryness and the cookie burning or cooking too quickly. Check the expiration date on your flour, baking soda and baking powder. I'm a major baker come Christmas time and bake tons and tons of cookies eve...more

tangeemct in Glen Burnie loved it
I followed the recipe; however, I used Peter Pan Honey Peanut Butter by mistake and they were the best ever.

jmonegan in loved it
I use this same recipe when I bake pb cookies. Not overcooking them is the key to getting a soft chewy cookie. In fact I tend to undercook mine a little bit.

cdlsmith in Clinton loved it

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