Enjoy these freshly baked Delicious Thick & Soft 'Ultimate' Peanut Butter Cookies with a cold glass of milk. This simply delicious peanut butter cookie recipe you can make and have in your paws in less than 30 minutes!!
Dip baked peanut butter cookies in your favorite chocolate for the holidays for a festive touch!
Thick & Soft Peanut Butter Cookies. I ❤️You!
If you like this type of cookie {Thick & Soft} we're hitting pay-dirt, because there is definitely gold in them thar hills peanut butter cookies!
It really doesn't matter to me...whether peanut butter cookies are crispy, thin, thick, soft, moist, chewy or even if it's raw cookie dough! I'm a peanut butter lover!
When it comes to peanut butter cookies, I am not fickle! But some of these are dipped in chocolate though...o boy! Super yummy!!
What We Love About This Recipe!
- What I really relish is, this is a very easy cookie recipe! {love the easy!}
- They only take a few minutes to prep and then...delicious soft homemade cookies from SCRATCH.
- These stay nice and thick, but remain even softer and chewy after 4 to 5 days.
- They are just the perfect balance of sweet and salty. Surprisingly, there are no eggs needed, so if you make these with almond milk
instead of milk, they will also be veganized!
- These soft peanut butter cookies are great on their own, but this peanut cookie recipe can be used as a base for adding in m&m's, reese's cups, chocolate chips and so much more!
- Most of these ingredients can be found in your pantry and fridge, so you use easy, basic pantry items.
- This peanut butter cookie recipe makes the softest, chewiest cookies, just what we wanted!
- And, you could also freeze them and take them out as you need...which in my case, didn't even make it to the freezer! So, maybe you need to make a DOUBLE batch?
RAwR! Peanut Butter Cookies!!!
Check out How To - Baking Perfect Cookie Tips! for more great tips for the baking the best cookies!
If you're a peanut butter
Want More Peanut Butter Love?
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- Easy Microwaveable Buckeye Fudge
- 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookies
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup milk of choice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or 1–1 gluten free flour like Bob's Red Mill
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For Chocolate Dipped
- 2 cups chocolate chips or melts
Instructions
Peanut Butter Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, in a large bowl, add peanut butter and sugar and mix until creamy.
- Mix in the milk and vanilla until incorporated.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt and continue mixing until mixed well. Dough will be thick.
- Using a medium scoop (1.5 tablespoons) scoop out cookie dough mounds onto baking sheet and place the mounds of dough about 2 ½ inches apart on a baking sheet. Using the back of a fork, use a fork to flatten down as thick as you would like them.
- Optional: Sprinkle with sugar
- Bake: Place in the oven and bake for 10 – 12 minutes, baking 13-14 minutes will give you a crisper cookie.
- Let cool a few minutes, then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
- Store: Cookies can be stored in an airtight up to a week at room temperature. To keep longer, store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- To freeze: Let cookies cool completely, store in freezer safe container up to 2 months.
For Chocolate Dipped:
- Once cookies are cooled, melt chocolate chips or chunks in microwaveable bowl and microwave every 30 seconds and stir and repeat 30 seconds and stirring, until melted. Approx 2 to 2 ½ minutes.
- Dip one of the sides of the cookie into the chocolate or drizzle on top and place on parchment paper for chocolate to set.
Anonymous says
Can I use imperial margarine in lieu of butter?Is it same amount of margarine to butter?
Kim Lange says
I haven't tried it but you could try it. The amount would be the same.
Melodee says
What changes need to be done for high altitude?
Kim Lange says
Melodee, Here are some tips from King Arthur you can follow, I'm not familiar with high altitude baking. Thanks! https://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/resources/high-altitude-baking
Pamela Robinson says
These are the chewiest peanut butter cookies I've ever made! I use extra crunchy Skippy peanut butter in mine! DELICIOUS!
Kim Lange says
Awesome! Crunchy peanut butter sounds amazing! Thank you so much Pamela!
Cinder says
Hello, regarding the brown sugar … is it packed or loose scoop?
Kim Lange says
Hi Cinder, packed. 🙂
Cinder says
Thank you so much for the quickest reply?These are delicious
Kim Lange says
You are very welcome!! Thank you so much Cinder!!! xo I'm so glad you enjoyed them!! wooohooo!
christmas Cookies says
Hi do we use plane flour or all purpose?? I am going to try and bake these in Christmas Molds ... not sure if it will work but worth a try ?
Lori w says
How many cookies does the recipe make?
ChocolaTess says
3 dozen Lori. 🙂
Luc& says
Hi, Kim: I have a 14 year old nephew and I've secured my reputation as "cool aunt" by giving him your soft chocolate chip cookies several times for birthdays and holidays. He loves them! Now, for upcoming Valentine's Day, I'm looking for a cookie that I can cut into a heart shape, that I can give to him and two other male loved ones. I looked at all your Seasonal recipes, but the cookies are too "froo froo" for these guys. I think my nephew would love a peanut butter cookie. Do you think there's any way I could use this recipe (Thick & Soft Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookie"), but roll dough/cut it into heart shapes before putting into oven? If not, perhaps I could just buy heart-shaped chocolate candies and press one into top of cookie after baking. If you have any other recommendations for a Valentine's Day/heart-themed cookie that's a little more masculine (ie, not pink! or sugar cookie!), please let me know.
ChocolaTess says
Hi Cool Aunt! 🙂 I love that! I like the idea of the heart shaped candies pressed in the middle. but you could try the to roll out a couple a see how they turn out. (They will puff up some.) I have seen where you could also make the heart shape cookie and use the fork to make criss cross marks on them and as a personal touch you could drizzle whatever chocolate you want on them. I may have to try this, I really like your ideas! <3
I do have the chocolate cut out cookies too (http://www.thebakingchocolatess.com/white-chocolate-covered-soft-chocolate-cut-out-cookies/) and the oreo heart cookies (http://www.thebakingchocolatess.com/home-made-oreo-heart-sandwich-cookies-cuteness-overload/) as some more options.
linda hamilton says
Do I use baking powder or baking soda ?
Sue says
Where does the white sugar get added?
ChocolaTess says
Sue, So sorry about that. I updated the the recipe, it gets added in with the butter and peanut butter, etc. Thanks for catching that. Hope you enjoy! 🙂