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A white bowl filled with peanut butter cookies, a cooling rack with more cookies, and an orange mug of black coffee on a red and white checkered cloth.
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Peanut Butter Cookies

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies with the classic fork marks, soft in the middle and nothing to chill!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 48 cookies
Calories: 131kcal
Author: Laura

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla paste
  • 1 cup peanut butter smooth or chunky
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt plus an extra 1/2 tsp if using unsalted butter
  • 3 cups all purpose flour

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F
  • Cream the sugar and butter together
    A metal stand mixer paddle mixing cookie dough in a metal bowl.
  • Add the eggs one at a time and beat them in
    A raw egg cracked into a mixing bowl containing cookie dough and a metal mixer attachment.
  • Add the vanilla and stir to combine
    Cookie dough being mixed in a metal bowl with a drop of dark extract.
  • Beat in the peanut butter
    A metal mixer paddle blending creamy peanut butter into cookie dough.
  • Add the baking soda and salt to the flour and stir together
    A glass bowl containing white sugar and flour held over a larger pile of flour.
  • Add the flour to the peanut butter mixture
    Flour being added to a mixing bowl containing cookie dough with an electric mixer attachment.
  • Stir just to combine, scrape down the bowl, and stir again
    A stand mixer paddle blending thick, pale orange cookie dough in a metal bowl.
  • Roll into 1-inch balls
    A metal cookie scoop portioning dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Place 12 on a baking sheet
    Rows of unbaked peanut butter cookies with characteristic fork-pressed crosshatch patterns on parchment paper.
  • Dip a fork in a bowl of water
    A metal fork pressed into a ball of cookie dough.
  • Make crosshatch patterns on the top of each cookie with the damp fork tines
    A metal fork pressing a crosshatch pattern into a round ball of cookie dough.
  • If the fork sticks to the dough, dip it in the water again
  • Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until they're set and lightly browned
    Rows of unbaked peanut butter cookies with characteristic fork-pressed crosshatch patterns on parchment paper.
  • Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes
    Twelve baked peanut butter cookies with a fork-pressed crosshatch pattern arranged on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Remove to a baking rack to cool completely
    Peanut butter cookies with a crisscross fork pattern on a wire cooling rack over a red and white checkered cloth.
  • Store in an airtight container for 3-4 days. They actually taste better the next day

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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