Day 3: Mama’s Peanut Butter Cookie. In all seriousness, I think that peanut butter cookies are the easiest cookies to make. There aren’t that many ingredients and it usually turns out perfect, no matter what the recipe. That’s why I don’t necessarily have a “go-to” peanut butter cookie recipe yet. They’re all good!
These are no exception to that assumption. They’re sweet with a hint of salty, packed full of peanut butter flavor, thick, and practically melt in your mouth. If that doesn’t describe a good peanut butter cookie, then I don’t know what does.
I like the addition of rolling the dough into sugar prior to baking. Peanut butter cookies are better to me when they’re just a tad bit on the sweeter side.
Recipe from ERecipe Cards
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- extra sugar, for rolling
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the shortening and sugars. Add the egg, vanilla, and milk.
- Mix in the peanut butter.
- Slowly stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda until just combined.
- Make rounded teaspoons (or tablespoons, depending on how big of cookies you want) of dough and roll the balls in additional sugar.
- Place on cookie sheet and gently press with a fork twice, making a criss cross pattern. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
