Your last AK Cookie Week 2023 recipe can be your new go-to, simple dessert to share with family members. Promise. Peanut butter cookies are trickier to make from scratch than different cookie recipes as a result of peanut butter tends to dry out when it’s baked. BUT you realize ya lady perfected this recipe for you. No dry, boring peanut butter cookies with the little fork indents on high (these are cute too, however you realize what I imply).

These are the very best peanut butter cookies you’ll ever eat. They’re thick and chewy with completely crispy edges, and gentle, tender middles, and are stuffed with peanut butter taste that makes them style like they’re straight from the bakery.

I added a number of particular twists like chocolate chips as a result of go large or go residence, proper? There are a number of simple methods to customise them with totally different mix-ins and sizes, so learn via the entire put up to get all of my ideas!

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Every part you’ll have to make the very best peanut butter cookies

There are a number of particular substances that give these peanut butter cookies the right texture and taste (AKA actually make them the BEST). Right here’s what you’ll want:

• Butter: you already know we’re browning that butter so as to add additional wealthy, caramel-like taste to those cookies. I at all times like to make use of salted butter, however you should use unsalted butter if you happen to’d like.
• Peanut butter: the important thing to those cookies? Creamy pure peanut butter, in fact! I at all times use pure peanut butter as a substitute of an everyday variety like Skippy or Jif. I like Dealer Joes, Smuckers, or Wild Mates peanut butter, and you should use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ for 15% off Wild Mates!
• Brown sugar: we’re utilizing all brown sugar (as a substitute of a mixture of white and brown sugar) for additional molasses taste.
• Honey: you’ll additionally want slightly honey, which additionally helps maintain them gentle.
• Egg: you’ll want 1 egg + 1 egg yolk to assist the cookies bake correctly and to maintain them tender and wealthy.
• Flour: the bottom of the cookies is made with common all-purpose flour.
• Baking staples: don’t neglect the baking soda, salt, and vanilla extract. Discover ways to make your individual vanilla right here!
• Extras: I like so as to add semi-sweet chocolate chips to the batter as a result of who doesn’t love peanut butter + chocolate? I additionally love rolling the dough balls in granulated sugar to make them additional fairly, plus a sprinkle of Maldon sea salt on high.

Make these peanut butter cookies your individual

As I discussed, I like including chocolate chips to those cookies and rolling the cookie dough balls in sugar, however there are different enjoyable methods you’ll be able to customise them!

• Swap the chocolate chips for chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips, toffee bits, and even peanut butter chips for double PB taste
• Dip or drizzle them in melted chocolate
• Add a frosting like my Vanilla Buttercream Frosting or my Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting — you could possibly even make smaller cookies and sandwich the frosting in between (omg yum).

Substitutions for dietary wants

• Can I make then gluten free? I haven’t examined a model of those peanut butter cookies utilizing a gluten free flour, so I can’t make certain how they’d end up. Be at liberty to attempt my Grain Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies as a substitute!
• Can I make them dairy free? Be at liberty to make use of a dairy free butter substitute, however observe that you simply can not brown dairy free butter. Make sure you additionally use dairy free chocolate chips.
• Can I make them vegan? I haven’t examined these cookies utilizing flax eggs, however let me know within the feedback if you happen to do! You’ll additionally want to make use of dairy free butter, chocolate chips, and maple syrup as a substitute of honey.

Can I exploit a special nut butter?

I wouldn’t suggest utilizing a special nut butter on this recipe as the flavour is not going to end up the identical. They’re true, traditional peanut butter cookies!

Select your cookie dimension

With this recipe, you’ll be able to both make 9 to 10 massive peanut butter cookies or 16 smaller cookies. It simply depends upon how large you want them and what number of you need to serve! I’ve included baking occasions and sizes throughout the recipe itself.

brown butter

Brown butter actually takes the flavour of those cookies to the following degree. Study precisely how one can brown butter with our tutorial right here.

Don’t neglect these cookie-baking ideas

You’ll discover all of my finest ideas & methods for making good cookies within the Final Information to Cookie Baking e-book! Just a few key takeaways for these cookies:

• Don’t use substitutes. Please you’ll want to comply with the recipe as written until substitutes are famous within the weblog put up or the notes part of the recipe. Altering the flour will possible have an effect on the feel of those peanut butter chocolate chip cookies as will leaving substances out.
• Ensure your substances are room temp. After you brown your butter you’ll need to make it possible for it’s cool in order that it doesn’t coagulate the eggs substances. Make certain your eggs are at room temperature as effectively in order that it doesn’t coagulate with the butter. Merely run them below heat water for a few minute or place it in a bowl of heat water for a couple of minutes earlier than including it to your dough.
• Use recent baking soda. Ensure your baking soda is recent to make sure that these cookies bake up correctly.
• Measure your substances accurately. Have you learnt one of the best ways to measure flour with no scale? Get my ideas & methods in this video! Make sure you additionally pack the brown sugar.

Storing & freezing ideas

• To retailer: retailer these peanut butter cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days.
• To freeze: you’ll be able to truly freeze the cookie dough OR the freshly baked cookies to take pleasure in later! Get all of my ideas and methods for freezing cookies right here.

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I hope you’re keen on these bakery-style peanut butter cookies! When you make them you’ll want to go away a remark and a score so I understand how you favored them. Take pleasure in, xo!

The Finest Bakery-Type Peanut Butter Cookies

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 12 minutes minutes

Complete Time 42 minutes minutes

ServesServes 10 cookies

The BEST bakery-style peanut butter cookies you may ever eat! These traditional chewy peanut butter cookies are deliciously thick with crispy edges and chocolate chips in each chew. That is critically the one peanut butter cookie recipe you want!

Elements

• Moist substances:
• ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
• ½ cup all pure creamy peanut butter (simply peanuts + salt as substances)
• 1 cup packed mild brown sugar
• 1 massive egg + 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Dry substances:
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all goal flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• Optionally available: 1/2 heaping cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• For rolling:
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• Maldon sea salt, to complete

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper.

• Brown your butter: add butter to a big saucepan and place over medium warmth. The butter will start to crackle, after which finally foam. Ensure you whisk consistently throughout this course of. After a few minutes, the butter will start to brown and switch a pleasant golden amber coloration on the underside of the saucepan. Proceed to whisk and take away from warmth as quickly because the butter begins to brown and provides off a nutty aroma. Instantly switch the butter to a medium bowl to forestall burning. Put aside to chill for 10 minutes or till cool sufficient to the touch.

• Combine collectively moist substances: As soon as brown butter has cooled, switch to a big bowl. Add within the peanut butter, brown sugar, room temperature egg and egg yolk, honey and vanilla and whisk collectively till clean, thick and effectively mixed.

• Stir in dry substances: Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the bowl after which stir with a wood spoon till effectively mixed. Fold in chocolate chips, if desired.

• Use a big cookie scoop or ¼ to seize dough after which use your palms roll into golf-sized balls. Roll balls in sugar then place no less than 2 inches aside on a ready baking sheet. (If you wish to make medium sized cookies, use a medium cookie scoop and roll them into smaller dough balls about 2 tablespoons every.) Add 6-7 additional chocolate chips on high of every cookie (or 3-4 if making smaller cookies).

• Bake massive cookies for 12-16 minutes and smaller cookies for 8-10 minutes till edges start to show barely golden brown and cookies are set. Don’t overbake or cookies will dry out. Take away from oven and sprinkle cookies with sea salt, if desired. Enable cookies to chill for 10 minutes to assist arrange on the cookie sheet, then switch to a wire rack to complete cooling. Repeat with the remaining dough. Makes about 9 to 10 massive cookies or 16 smaller cookies.

Recipe Notes

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