An easy recipe for peanut butter cookies with only 5 ingredients. Below is the recipe for soft and chewy cookies.
Hi readers, it's Molly from Just a Little Creativity. I'm glad to be sharing here again.
Today I am sharing my Grandmommy's Peanut Butter Cookies. They're delicious, small cookies that make a great little dessert with a glass of milk on the side.
This recipe has been passed down through several generations in my family. They're perfectly crunchy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle. Topped with just a sprinkle of brown sugar, they are melt in your mouth delicious.
Ingredients You'll Need For This Recipe:
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- 1 cup Peanut Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Sprinkle of Brown Sugar
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies Directions:
Mix all ingredients well in mixing bowl.
Refrigerate dough for 10-15 minutes.
Lay parchment paper on baking sheet and roll dough into 1 tbsp balls.
Gently press to flatten (you can even be fancy and use a fork to make lines on the top)
Sprinkle brown sugar on top of each cookie.
Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes, cookies will still look soft when they come out of the oven, but they will set with no problem.
Let cool before serving.
Enjoy with a glass of milk on the side.
I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as we do, and when you make this cookie recipe, please share a photo! We'd love to see.
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Edye
Love that this recipe only has 5 simple ingredients! Thanks for sharing =)
Blessings,
Edye
Marilyn Lesniak
I need to try this. My recipe makes my cookies too sticky. Thank you so much for linking at #overthemoon! I look forward to seeing what you share every week. Please come back for #WonderfulWednesday or #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Don't forget to comment your link #'s so I can be sure to visit and you get a chance to be featured! Pinned and shared.
Marie
Omgosh! You had me at peanut butter! That's my favorite cookie! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!
Katie
I am so glad that you like the recipe! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, Marie!
Linda Bass
Your Grandmommy's Cookies have been featured on Home Cooking Share the Love Blog Party!
Katie
Thank you so much Linda! I am so glad that you like the recipe!
Janet Vinyard
How nice to have a recipe from you great-grandmother! My great-grandmother made a muffin with yeast that was so delicious but none of us ever got the recipe! I doubt seriously if she ever wrote it down. So many cooks back then didn't follow a recipe but went by how things felt! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Blessings, Janet
Katie
Thank you Janet. It is fun to be able to recreate those recipes from our childhood. I bet your great-grandmother's muffins were delicious.
creativejewishmom/sara
I make this recipe too, and love that it is gluten free! I do find that the cookies are a bit on the sweet side, so next time I'm going to try a little bit less sugar. This is also a great recipe for kids to make, with such simple ingredients. In my recipe we dip the balls in sugar before baking. which gives them a little sparkle and texture. Thanks for sharing on craft schooling sunday!
Katie
I love that you use the same recipe too! I will have to try your trick with dipping the ball in sugar. Thanks for leaving such a kind comment!
Christine
If it looks like grandmommy's peanut butter cookies, and smells like grandmommy's peanut butter cookies, then they must be grandmommy's peanut butter cookies! Thanks for sharing!
Katie
LOL! THanks for stopping by Christine!
Danita Carr
I love cookies, and I especially love peanut butter cookies! This recipe looks amazing! Thanks for sharing at #SmallVictories linkup!
Katie
Thanks Danita! I agree, peanut butter cookies are so good!!