Best Ever Peanut Butter Cookies

4.79 from 33 votes

Best Ever Peanut Butter Cookies are thick and chewy, and perfect for snack time. These are a classic, and are best dunked in milk!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword peanut butter cookies

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 13

Total Time 18

Servings cookies

Calories 225kcal

Author Sue Ringsdorf

Using a mixer, cream butter and sugars together until creamy. Add eggs and mix well. Then add vanilla and peanut butter and mix until well combined.
1 cup unsalted butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder) together. Add to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Cover dough and store in refrigerator for at least two hours prior to baking.
3 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder
Roll dough into round balls and dip into granulated sugar. Place about 8 cookie balls on baking sheet. Press fork into dough in criss cross directions.
more granulated sugar
Bake in 350 oven for 10 - 13 minutes, depending on how dark you like your cookies. Let sit for 10 minutes before transferring to baking rack to cool completely.

Always start with room temperature butter. Doing so will result in best results, because the soft butter creates little air pockets that emulsify when baked. In other words, you get a nice creamy taste.
Using room temperature eggs is also key to making awesome cookies.
Use a good quality peanut butter. I don't recommend using a lower sugar or fat brand. Let's use the REAL stuff for these cookies.
Take the extra step and roll the cookie dough into nice round balls. This will ensure a perfectly round cookie.
Also, dipping the cookie balls in sugar and flattening with a fork, makes the presentation picture worthy.
These cookies freeze great, for up to three months.
You can also freeze the cookie dough.