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