Description
Delicious peanut butter cookies that are soft in the middle and slightly underdone for a perfect treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup butter (at room temperature)
- ½ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter (not natural)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour (properly measured)
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Beat the butter, brown sugar, and ½ cup granulated sugar together in a large mixing bowl until well-combined, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add peanut butter and mix until incorporated.
- Mix in egg and vanilla extract until combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and kosher salt. Mix in just until combined.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough, roll in remaining ¼ cup sugar.
- Place the scoops of dough 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Flatten cookies with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.
- Bake cookies for about 8-10 minutes. The edges should look set and the middles should look soft and slightly underdone.
- Let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheet.
Notes
- For a softer cookie, do not overbake.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 20mg