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Soft cookies with delicious peanut butter flavor!
How These Peanut Butter Cookies Differ
Traditional peanut butter cookies (you know the ones with the fork imprints) tend to be a bit dense and dry. Don’t get me wrong, the traditional cookies are still super delicious! For this peanut butter cookie recipe, however, I wanted them to be soft and light. That’s exactly what these cookies are. They are full of peanut butter flavor, but are softer and more moist than a standard peanut butter cookie. They even pack in some extra peanut butter flavor with the addition of peanut butter chips.
Creamy Peanut Butter
When making this recipe, I used traditional creamy peanut butter. Think brands like Skippy and Jif. This type of peanut butter is more reliable in baking since they’re more similar brand to brand. Natural peanut butter tends to separate and can cause differing results when used in baking. For best results, use a traditional creamy peanut butter for this recipe.
If you really want to try using a natural peanut butter in this recipe, please share your experience in the comments at the bottom of this page. It may help someone else who wants to do the same.
Peanut Butter Chips
I love the addition of peanut butter chips in this recipe. They add extra little bursts of peanut butter goodness throughout the cookies that is just so yummy! For an even prettier final result, once the cookies are scooped and placed onto a baking sheet, you may want to add a few additional chips to each cookie dough ball. This way, once they’re baked, you’ll have some easy-to-see peanut butter chips on the top of each cookie. It’s also a great way to have the cookie flavor be easily identifiable; super handy for cookie boxes or when bringing them to a social gathering.
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Cookie Making Equipment
Here are a few things that are nice to have when making cookies:
- Cookie sheet
- 2 tbsp (#40) cookie scoop
- Parchment paper
- Thin and flexible spatula
- Wire cooling rack
- Mixer
- Kitchen Aid stand mixer
- Bosch stand mixer (great for big batches)
- Hand mixer
Soft Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) (170 g) butter, softened
- ¾ cup (165 g) dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup (60 g) sugar
- ¾ cup (195 g) creamy peanut butter (such as Skippy or Jif)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) flour
- 1 cup (160 g) peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ℉.
- Cream together butter and sugars.
- Add peanut butter and mix until combined.
- Add egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Mix in flour until just combined.
- Mix in peanut butter chips.
- Scoop 2 tbsp balls of dough onto a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until bottom edge just starts to brown. Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
If you try out this soft peanut butter cookie recipe, I’d love to know what you think! Please leave a comment with a rating below and share a photo of your creation on Instagram using the hashtag #BrooksideKitchen and tag @BrooksideKitchen.
