The BEST Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

January 30, 2012

I’m sure you’ve had your fair share of peanut butter cookies from Nutter Butters to the Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies from the Girl Scouts and all the homemade and store bought peanut butter cookies in between. For anyone allergic to peanut butter, I am so sorry!

These peanut butter cookies are different.

Peanut butter cookies are often firm and on the crunchy dryer side,

but these are chewy which I really like (and so did everyone else)

Yes all 6 dozen cookies were gone in no time.

The possibilities are endless of how this one cookie recipe. I Chocolate dipped some and added peanuts. I pressed others with a fork for crispier cookies. I filled some peanut butter cookies with a delicious peanut butter filling for a homemade Nutter Butter, others got a chocolate drizzle, and some even got colored sprinkles, which are perfect for Valentines Day for someone you are NUTS for

Peanut Butter Cookies {printable recipe}

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 cups flour

Beat butter, peanut butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs one an a time, then vanilla. Mix baking powder with flour, then add flour a cup at a time.

Roll dough out on lightly floured surface and cut into desired shape with cookie cutter dipped into flour.

Made 6 dozen cookies.

I made some cookies thicker than others and I really liked the chewiness of the thicker cookies, so next time I will be making them all thick!

Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes. Until they are just getting golden on the bottom, to ensure you will not have a dry cookie.

The cookies with the fork marks are crispier, so if you prefer a crispy cookie. Press a for on the tops of the cookies creating a criss cross design.

Peanut butter filling for filling cookies like Nutter Butter Cookies

1/2 cup peanut butter

3 tablespoons butter

2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons milk

Beat peanut butter and butter together then add powdered sugar and milk and mix until creamy.

These were dipped in Chocolate Ganache and then pressed into chopped peanuts.

These received a chocolate ganache drizzle which were so delicious, just like a fudge sauce on a sundae.

these were pressed with a fork,

and these I poured sugar sprinkles on when they were hot out of the oven so they would stick in the grooves.

I’ve been on a real peanut butter kick, did you see my other peanut butter treats?

Mini Peanut Butter and Jelly Cups

Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies

Comments

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Annie @ Annie's Cooking Lab says:

January 30, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Peanut butter is one of my favorite flavors and I’m always up for trying a new PB cookie! These look fantastic!

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Lauren @ KeepItSweet says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:11 pm

These are adorable! I wish I had them right now.. forget Valentine’s Day:-)

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Emilie @ Emilie's Enjoyables says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm

YUM! I much prefer chewier pb cookies, can’t wait to try these.

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Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:20 pm

I love PB cookies and anytime someone says “best of” or “Best cookie”, I get excited to try it.

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:44 pm
  
  Everyone who had one of the six dozen said it was the “best” so I just had to say it too
  
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Cassie says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm

I love peanut butter cookies. These do look like excellent ones!

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Paula says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Like chocolate chip cookies, you can never have enough recipes. These peanut butter ones look amazing and I love all the different ways you decorated them. (any left for anyone???)

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alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says:

January 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm

fabulous!!! Love!

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naomi says:

January 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm

My boys love PB, so I will have to make this for them! Love all the variations and possibilities!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:43 pm
  
  Thanks Naomi
  
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Sue/the view from great island says:

January 30, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Every time you post a new recipe it goes to the top of my list of things I must make. I really need to try these…I had completely forgotten how wild I was for those peanut butter girl scout cookies!

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Marla says:

January 30, 2012 at 3:39 pm

I love that these are hearts & I love even more that they are PB

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm
  
  Thanks Marla I wish I could bake everything into a heart!
  
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Sweetsugarbelle says:

January 30, 2012 at 3:46 pm

I love it that these are cut outs!!!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm
  
  Thanks Callye
  
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leslie says:

January 30, 2012 at 4:42 pm

Ohhh I will sooooo be making these. I love chewy cookies

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm
  
  me too the chewier the better
  
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Carolyn says:

January 30, 2012 at 4:56 pm

Those look amazing, Diane!!!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:41 pm
  
  Thanks Carolyn
  
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Maria says:

January 30, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Will have to try these. Love the heart shapes!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:41 pm
  
  Thanks Maria, I wish I could make everything heart shaped
  
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Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says:

January 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm

Love all the pretty ways you dressed them up, especially the chocolate dipped ones!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:41 pm
  
  Thanks sylvie, yea oh the chocolate……was yummy
  
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Natalie @ Cooking for My Kids says:

January 30, 2012 at 5:32 pm

These cookies look fantastic. We love peanut butter, and I cannot wait to make these.

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:38 pm
  
  Thanks Natalie
  
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Kris says:

January 30, 2012 at 6:32 pm

I’ll take several of each, please! I love peanut butter cookies, and cannot wait to try the sandwich style!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:38 pm
  
  oh yes the sandwich cookies were so delicious!
  
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Sue says:

January 30, 2012 at 7:46 pm

Crazy creative and I love the hearts, Diane!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:37 pm
  
  Thank so much Sue
  
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Kathy - Panini Happy says:

January 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm

What fun you had with these, Diane! They came out looking so cute (and I’m sure they tasted just as good).

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:36 pm
  
  Thanks Kathy, I couldn’t decide how I preferred them so I made many varieties
  
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Maureen says:

January 30, 2012 at 10:33 pm

These are so beautiful. I look at those photos and think, “fit for the Queen, for sure!”

I love peanut butter cookies but they are never “pretty” but yours are divine!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:35 pm
  
  Thanks so much Maureen, I usually don’t think they are pretty either. That is why I had to make them into hearts
  
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Mimi Avocado says:

January 30, 2012 at 11:16 pm

Your cookies are making me drool….and the photos are gorgeous!

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:34 pm
  
  Thanks Mimi
  
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aarthi says:

January 31, 2012 at 6:58 am

This is my favorite..YUMMY

Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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  Diane says:
  
  January 31, 2012 at 9:32 pm
  
  Hi Aaethi, I wanted to thank you for all you wonderful comments. They often end up in my spam folder as you leave a link to your site in them, I would suggest if you like for others to know where they can find you add (yummytummy) after your name when filling out the name area, you can also add it to google if you use it to sign in with. I already receive the information where to find your wonderful site and I wouldn’t want your great comments to end up in other bloggers spam folders as well Hope this is helpful, Diane
  
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Lisa [With Style and Grace] says:

February 1, 2012 at 10:15 am

Love all the variations!

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Sanjeeta KK says:

February 4, 2012 at 6:06 am

Wow..absolutely stunning cookies..

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Julia says:

February 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm

Oh my goodness I want to eat a bazillion of these little peanut butter hearts!

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Andrea says:

February 12, 2012 at 12:22 pm

These look wonderful! Please tell me, do you think they would work if you added chocolate chips to the peanut butter dough? I love PB cookies with chocolate chunks

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  Diane says:
  
  February 12, 2012 at 5:38 pm
  
  oh yes, that would be delicious
  
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Trish says:

February 12, 2012 at 4:26 pm

I am an absolute peanut butter freak but I hardly ever make just regular old peanut butter cookies. I think I’ll have to give these a try

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Tanya@TakeSix says:

January 4, 2013 at 10:21 am

I love the idea of pressing them with a fork. So easy and cute! Great idea, Diane! Pinning them.

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Michelle says:

April 16, 2013 at 11:34 am

My daughter asked me if we could make cookie cutter cookies today, and your recipe stuck right out to me on a google image search. This dough had such a great consistency, and I loved that we didn’t have to wait forever for them to chill in the fridge. She is on cloud 9, so thank you!

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  Diane says:
  
  April 16, 2013 at 1:59 pm
  
  Yippee, I love days that go well and of course include cookies. If you are on facebook and want to share a photo of her cookies with me https://www.facebook.com/createdbydiane go right ahead I’d love to see them
  
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    Michelle says:
    
    April 25, 2013 at 11:40 pm
    
    I wrote up a post on my blog about your recipe…I am so happy with these cookies! My daughter and husband just love them. I posted a photo to your facebook page like you asked, but I don’t see it up there now.
    http://dreamingofwhitechocolate.com/2013/04/peanut-butter-cookie-cut-outs.html
    
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      Diane says:
      
      April 26, 2013 at 7:42 am
      
      Great!
      I commented and the page wouldn’t load, so I probably commented twice