Mom's Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter (113 grams, room temperature (1 stick))
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter (135 grams)
- ½ cup dark brown sugar (107 grams)
- ½ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- 1 large egg (50 grams, room temperature and lightly beaten )
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (4 grams)
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour (150 grams)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda (3 grams)
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (3 grams)
- 1 cup peanut butter baking chips (170 grams, optional)
- ¼ cup powdered sugar (28 grams, for topping)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. (If not using parchment, do NOT grease the baking sheets.)
- 2
Beat
- 3
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and peanut butter together on medium speed until completely incorporated, about 2 minutes.
2 min - 4
Cream
- 5
Add the brown and granulated sugars and cream until smooth, creamy, and pale in color, about 2-3 minutes.
3 min - 6
Add the egg and vanilla and beat another 1 minute.
1 min - 7
Whisk
- 8
In another large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together.
- 9
Mix
- 10
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and turn the mixer to low speed. Mix until the flour is almost incorporated. There should be just a little flour visible.
- 11
Fold
- 12
Remove the mixing bowl from the mixer and fold in the peanut butter chips, if using.
- 13
Stir the dough gently just until all flour is incorporated.
- 14
Scoop
- 15
Use a 1½-inch cookie scoop to scoop balls onto the baking sheet 2 inches apart. (If you don’t have a cookie scoop – use about 1½ tablespoons of dough per cookie and roll the dough into balls.)
- 16
Sprinkle
- 17
Lightly sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar.
- 18
Press
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To put fork marks into the cookies, gently press the fork onto the cookie dough – being sure to crisscross the fork to get that traditional “peanut butter cookie” appearance.
- 20
Bake 9-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are set.
10 min - 21
Cool
- 22
Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.
Nutrition
Per serving (based on 24 servings)



