How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies?

It’s super easy to make peanut butter cookies. Packed with the goodness of peanut butter, the cookies boast dense flavor, with a soft texture, thick center, and a crumbly edge. You must have come across them before, but ever thought about snagging the recipe behind these deliciously baked cookies? If not, then what are you waiting for? Learn easy-to-make, flavor-packed peanut butter cookies today.

Without further ado, let’s quickly head over to the list of ingredients.

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup regular butter (unsalted)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1-2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

Step 1: In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, regular unsalted butter, and brown sugar. Further, beat in eggs and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk the all-purpose flour and baking powder; then stir it into the butter mixture; to combine; both dry and wet ingredients.

Step 3: Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

Step 4: Put the dough in the refrigerator for an hour. This will harden it to the required level, thereby preventing the cookies from over-spreading.

Step 5: Roll every scoop of dough into a small ball and keep on putting them onto the baking sheet.

Step 6: Now, using a fork, flatten every ball; in a crisscross pattern; so as to indent fork marks.

Step 7: Bake the cookies until you see a brownish texture at their edge.

Step 8: Allow your freshly baked peanut butter cookies to cool on the same baking sheet for a few minutes.

Step 9: Now, move the cookies to your cooling rack from where you can have them whenever desired.

So, this is how to make the traditional peanut butter cookies with just a few readily available ingredients. Once prepared, these cookies can be refrigerated and used for over three months, provided you need to have that kind of willpower. Trust us, just a bite of one of these extra soft, flavor-packed delicacies will leave you wanting more.