These rich, delicious and easy to make peanut butter cookies come from the best peanut butter cookie recipe around. Once I made these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, I knew I found my go-to peanut butter cookie recipe. When you make a batch prepare yourself, they will get gobbled right up!
It’s not often I use the word best with a recipe. Actually, it’s quite rare. However this might just be the best peanut butter cookie recipe I’ve ever made! Every time I make these cookies I have to be ready to hand out the recipe, as everyone asks for it.
These cookies are packed full of peanut butter flavor! Not only do you have 1 and 1/2 cups peanut butter in the cookies, but you also have peanut butter chips, peanuts and Reese’s Pieces. And chocolate chips, because, well, always chocolate chips. There is no question these cookies are over the top loaded! If you want something a bit more modest, check out my Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies. Same great flavor, but a little less stuff.
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
If you are a peanut butter lover you really do need to try these, you too might think this is the best peanut butter cookie recipe! I think this might be my new go-to peanut butter cookie recipe from here on out. And they are super simple to make. I might even make these for the holidays using red and green M&M’s in place of the Reese’s Pieces. Sure, it will change the taste a bit, but what a fun and colorful cookie it would be!
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Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Now back to our peanut butter cookies. These glorious peanut butter cookies packed with peanut butter flavor, chocolate chips and Reese’s Pieces. Oh, and peanut butter chips, because I’m a minimalist, obviously.
Let’s get baking, shall we?
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Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt (I recommend Maldon sea salt flakes)
- 1-2 cups Reese’s Pieces
- 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips (if desired)
- 1/2-1 cup peanut butter chips (if desired)
- 1/2 cup peanuts (if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- With a mixer, beat together peanut butter, softened butter and sugars until creamy and well combined. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until creamy.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt to mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in Reese’s Pieces and any other mix ins.
- Scoop cookies onto a cookie sheet that has been lined with a silicone mat. Each scoop should hold approximately 2 tablespoons of dough.
- Bake for approximately 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on a wire cooling rack, but remain on baking sheet, for at least five minutes. Remove from baking sheet, serve and enjoy!
- YIELD: Approximately three dozen cookies
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Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
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My Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are a family favorite!
I can’t wait to hear what you think of these cookies! And while you have that bag of Reese’s Pieces out, make sure to check out my Peanut Butter Magic Cookie Bars…
And my Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake…
Need a gluten free option? Here’s a great recipe for Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies.
Now grab a big glass of milk and enjoy!
Originally published in October 2016.
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Everyone raved over these. Very good Cookie.
These cookies are AMAZING! I always chill my cookie dough and these come out wonderfully thick, with a perfect texture. Not too soft, but not crunchy either. I have to give lots away bc cookies are my downfall, can’t eat just one. Thanks for a great recipe 😋
Turned out dry and crumbly and I spooned my flour into my measuring cup before leveling it off. I was disappointed they weren’t more of a soft, chewy texture.
I would definitely encourage you to recheck all of your measurements, bake time and oven temperature (an oven thermometer is a GREAT tool). Because I assure you, after making these for over a decade, these should not turn out crumbly and dry.
These came out very dry and crumbly for me. I would have preferred a softer moister cookie. Still giving it 3 stars because my kids gobbled them up but I wouldn’t make these again.
They shouldn’t be dry and crumbly. How did you measure your flour? Make sure you are giving it a stir, then spooning into the measuring cup and leveling it off. If you measure your flour by scooping it with the measuring cup you will get too much, and that will cause any cookie to be dry and crumbly.
Love, love, love. I made these cookies for a friend who has a peanut butter addiction. He couldn’t get enough. I had to keep a batch of dough frozen for him.
These cookies are to die for, simply amazing. I think they are even better the next day. I used M&M’s, dark and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Saving this recipe, thank you.
So glad you enjoyed them, Paula!
Really good high peanut butter flavor cookie. The made them with gluten free flour and while always, they are a little “dandy” if that makes sense. But I think it is the flour. Excellent taste, easy to make and pretty!
My family loved these cookies!!! They are delicious! Thanks for sharing!