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Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

[heart_this] · Dec 2, 2016 · 12 Comments

Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Thick and chewy Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with crispy edges and soft, pillow-y, cookie-dough like centres!

Are you ready for baking for the holiday cookie season? I thought that I would start out my holiday cookie platter with these thick and chewy peanut butter cookies which are both a classic and a personal favourite! These peanut cookies are so easy to make! You just mix the wet ingredients and dry ingredients separately, mix them together, form balls and bake for 10 minutes! All said and done they take less than 30 minutes to make! Pour yourself a glass of milk and put on some holiday music and relax while you wait for them to to come out of the oven! These thick and chewy peanut butter cookies are a crowd pleaser and they will disappear quickly so it’s always a good idea to make a double batch!

Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Cool Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 24

Thick and chewy Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with crispy edges and soft, pillow-y, cookie-dough like centres!

ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
directions
  1. Cream the butter, sugar, brown sugar and peanut butter and mix in the egg and vanilla.
  2. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and mix the mixture into the wet ingredients.
  3. Scoop 1-2 tablespoons of dough (optionally rolling it into a ball) and place it on a silicon mat or parchment paper lined baking sheet (optionally pressing it down with a fork).
  4. Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven on the middle shelf until the bottoms are just lightly golden brown (the tops may look a little uncooked), about 8-12 minutes, before removing them from the oven and letting them sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and transferring them to a wire rack to cool.
Note: I like to use an ice-cream scoop which I can just plop onto the baking sheet and I skip pressing it down with a fork.
Note: When you do not press the Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies down with a fork they remain nice and thick and the centres come out nice and chewy, almost like cookie dough!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 124, Fat 6.8g (Saturated 3.1g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 17mg, Sodium 144mg, Carbs 14.2g (Fiber 0.5g, Sugars 7.6g), Protein 2.4g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. Heather Christo says

    December 2, 2016 at 3:58 pm

    These look fantastic! Peanut butter cookies are my favorite!

    Reply
  2. Maria Lichty says

    December 2, 2016 at 6:56 pm

    Thick and chewy are just how I like my cookies!

    Reply
  3. Ruchi Sharma says

    December 2, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Cookies are really looking awesome. will try.

    Reply
  4. Rosa says

    December 2, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    Beautiful cookies! They look amazingly delicious.

    Cheers,
    Rosa

    Reply
  5. marla {Family Fresh Cooking} says

    December 5, 2016 at 4:04 am

    I'm totally ready to make these cookies!!

    Reply
  6. Naomi says

    December 5, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    My boys would love these thick and chewy cookies!

    Reply
  7. Naomi says

    December 5, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    My boys would this!

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    December 5, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    I made these today and they are now my go to peanut butter cookies. My experience with peanut butter cookies is that they barely taste like peanut butter and they're too firm/dry. These have wonderful texture/great mouth-feel on top of the super peanut-buttery flavor. I added some chopped peanuts on top before baking. I'll definitely be making these and the chocolate chunk version for the holidays. Thanks for a great recipe!
    -Janine

    Reply
  9. Elena says

    May 14, 2022 at 12:08 pm

    How long cookies stay fresh?

    Reply
    • kevin says

      May 16, 2022 at 7:29 am

      I like to finish them within 5 days. After that they start to be a little drier and harder, but still really good, especially with a glass of milk, coffee or tea!

      Reply
  10. Virgie says

    January 29, 2023 at 5:16 pm

    Try adding a teaspoon (or more) of ground cinnamon to the batter. It will put them over the top!

    Reply
    • kevin says

      January 30, 2023 at 8:50 am

      Cinnamon would be good!

      Reply

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