Simple Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Simple Peanut Butter Cookies
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 8-10 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup smooth creamy peanut butter; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1/3 cup whole wheat flour (or substitute all-purpose flour); 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking soda

Ellen_A3 @that_baking_girl

This is my take on the popular 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies and I do strongly believe the extra ingredients are worth it. They are delicious.

Ellen_A3 @that_baking_girl

This is my take on the popular 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies and I do strongly believe the extra ingredients are worth it. They are delicious.

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Ingredients

15 minutes

8-10 cookies

3/4 cupsmooth creamy peanut butter
1/4 cuplight brown sugar
1/4 cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
1/3 cupwhole wheat flour (or substitute all-purpose flour)
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspbaking soda

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Steps

15 minutes

1

In a small bowl, pour in the flour, salt and baking soda and whisk to combine.
2

In a separate large bowl, add in the peanut butter, egg and sugar.
3

With a spatula, mix till everything is well combined.
4

Then, add in the dry ingredients and fold it in with the spatula to form a dough. Add a splash of water if the dough is too stiff to work with.
5

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Measure 1 and 1/2 tbsp of the cookie dough and roll it into a ball in your palms. Place the dough balls on the cookie sheet, leaving spaces in between.
6

Press the dough balls down with a fork.
7

Bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees fahrenheit for about 15 minutes on the center rack.
8

Take them out when baked and let them cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes to firm up before picking them up.
9

Serve warm. Enjoy!