Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Description: Looking for the criss cross peanut butter cookies you used to eat as a child? Here they are. This is the best plain old peanut butter cookie I’ve found.
Recipe Category: Dessert
Keywords: Cookie & Brownie, < 30 Mins
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1/2 cup | Unsalted butter |
| 1/2 cup | Dark brown sugar |
| 1/2 cup | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | Chunky peanut butter |
| 1 | Egg |
| 1 1/2 cups | All-purpose flour |
| 1/2 tsp | Salt |
| 1/2 tsp | Baking soda |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla extract |
Nutritional Information (per cookie):
- Calories: 81.2
- Fat Content: 4.8g
- Saturated Fat Content: 1.8g
- Cholesterol Content: 9mg
- Sodium Content: 64.5mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 8.4g
- Fiber Content: 0.4g
- Sugar Content: 4.8g
- Protein Content: 1.9g
Total Time: 22 minutes
Servings: 48 cookies
Instructions:
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Preheat your oven to 350°F.
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Cream together the unsalted butter, dark brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl until smooth and creamy.
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Add the chunky peanut butter and egg to the butter-sugar mixture, then beat well until fully combined.
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In a small bowl, combine the sifted all-purpose flour, salt, and baking soda. Stir with a whisk to ensure even distribution of the dry ingredients.
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Gradually stir the dry flour mixture into the butter mixture, ensuring thorough mixing after each addition to blend everything together uniformly.
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Add the vanilla extract to the dough and beat well to incorporate it evenly throughout.
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Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them on a greased cookie sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart to allow for spreading during baking.
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Flatten each dough ball with a fork in a crisscross pattern, creating the classic peanut butter cookie appearance.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are slightly browned.
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Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Enjoy these nostalgic Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies with a glass of milk or your favorite hot beverage!
These delightful cookies are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth cravings in under 30 minutes, and their classic flavor will surely bring back fond childhood memories. Whether you’re baking for yourself or sharing with loved ones, these cookies are bound to be a hit!
