4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (20 Minutes)
These 4 ingredient peanut butter cookies are the easiest peanut butter cookies, they are crunchy and full of peanut butter flavor, and come together in 20 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Peanut butter creamy, like Jiff or Skippy (not natural)
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c (350f) and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Into a large mixing bowl, add the egg, granulated sugar, creamy peanut butter, and baking soda.
- Use a spatula or a whisk to mix the mixture until a smooth dough forms.
- Using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough balls onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet at least 2 inches apart.
- Use your clean hands to roll each dough ball into a round ball.
- Flatten the balls with a fork, making a crisscross pattern. If your fork sticks to the dough, dip it in water and repeat the crisscross pattern with all the balls.
- Bake the cookies in a 180c (350f) preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges become lightly golden brown. The cookies will be very soft but will harden while they cool.
Notes
- Don’t overbake these cookies. For a chewy on the inside and crispy on the edges cookie texture, bake these cookies for no more than 10-12 minutes. They keep baking in the cooling process.
- Use room temperature ingredients. You must use room-temperature ingredients like eggs. This step ensures that your mixture mixes into a homogenous mixture and bakes perfectly.
- Line your sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat! This step helps the cookies to bake evenly, and it makes sure that your cookies release easily from the pan.
- Use a cookies scoop to scoop out the cookies, that way you will have even-sized cookies, plus it ensures that your cookies bake evenly.
- Be patient! I know it’s extremely tempting to eat these cookies as they are pulled out of the oven, but let these cookies cool for at least 5 minutes so they will be firmer and won’t crumble up.
- We suggest letting these cookies cool for 5 minutes and then transferring them to a wire rack to cool for at least 10 more minutes. This step ensures that the bottom of your cookies will not be soggy from the steam.
- Use smooth store-bought peanut butter and not chunky peanut butter for the perfect texture.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 189mgPotassium: 127mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 20IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.4mg
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