Soft Peanut Butter Cookies – Lovin’ From the Oven

For some reason, I’ve been craving peanut butter cookies for a while. I wanted something that I can whip up in ten minutes while the kids were occupied in the play room and not fighting over Rapunzel. Success! I finished making the dough before I heard a peep from the girls.

I didn’t chill the dough and these turned out just fine. I normally ALWAYS chill the dough. I had these in the oven so quick that Thea came out of the play room asking, “Mama, what’s that smell?”

I made half rolled in sugar and put M&M’s on the other half because…. kids. Of course, Thea just picked all the M&M’s out as she ate the cookie and was done after there were no more M&M’s.

This is a great, solid recipe from Live Well Bake Often. These cookies are soft, hold together well, and light. I actually like them as is– no sugar or candy. They’re pretty sweet so you can omit rolling them in sugar if you want.

Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

May 20, 2020

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream together the butter and both sugars.
3. Add in the peanut butter until combined. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
4. Slowly stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt.
5. Roll the dough into balls and then into the sugar. Use a fork to gently press and make a criss-cross pattern on top.
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes.