Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

These are the easiest and most irresistible peanut butter cookies ever! Our recipes are flour-free, butter-free, dairy-free, but the cookies are shocking. My family can’t get enough!

You won’t believe how amazing the flavor of these peanut butter cookies have just a few simple ingredients. They are soft, chewy, completely sweet and full of peanut butter flavor. These cookies are a staple in our home. These are my top picks whenever I need a quick and easy treatment that everyone will love.

Our recipe is based on the old-fashioned 3-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipebut to make them irresistible, we added some extra simple ingredients. If you like peanut butter like me, you should also see our homemade peanut butter, no baked peanut butter pie, peanut butter rice Krispie snacks, and these peanut butter cookies toasts!

Key Ingredients

• Peanut Butter: You can use crunchy or creamy peanut butter – it’s all up to you! Use very irritating peanut butter or pre-mixed peanut butter in the store for best results. For cookies that are completely from scratch, try making your own homemade peanut butter (make sure to mix well before making the cookie dough). You can also swap peanut butter for almond butter, I love homemade almond butter.
• Egg: We used an egg for 1 cup of peanut butter to add structure, flavor and moisture to the cookies. For extra soft and chewy peanut butter cookies, add another egg. Remember that if you add an extra egg, the dough will be more sticky, so you may need to cool it for a few minutes before sc.
• sugar: You can use almost all the sugar here! We like the combination of granulated sugar and brown sugar. This combination gives the cookies a wonderful taste and a proper amount of sweetness. As a base recipe, we used a total of 3/4 cup of sugar, but for slightly sweet cookies you can lower the sugar to 1/2 cup without any problems.
• baking soda: Baking soda is a key element in these cookies. It creates a chemical reaction that helps the cookies rise, turn brown and add texture. If you’re wondering if it’s possible to make peanut butter cookies without baking soda, that’s OK! They will be softer in the middle and more like cakes.
• Vanilla extract: It’s hard to see us making cookies without vanilla extract! It adds rich flavor and depth to the sweet recipe.
• Molasses (optional): This is an optional ingredient you rarely see in peanut butter cookies, but I swear. If you have some light or dark molasses in your kitchen, try adding 1/2 to 1 teaspoon to the cookie dough. It adds color, richness and a slightly rich richness that permeates the sweetness of peanut butter.
• Cinnamon (optional): This is another unusual ingredient, but I love the combination of cinnamon and peanut butter! The warm notes of cinnamon perfectly complement the rich peanut butter flavor.

How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies

To make my family’s favorite peanut butter cookies, you need a bowl and a tablespoon (that’s it!). Stir all the cookie ingredients together, roll into balls, and bake! Seriously, these are the easiest cookie recipes in inspiration flavors and they taste great!

These cookies are pretty average, but as you can see from our photos, you can have some fun and make cookies filled with jam or chocolate. I even added chopped peanuts or chocolate chips to the cookie dough before baking.

If you, like me, find yourself sneaking into the cookie dough before it gets into the oven, check out our recipe for eating cookie dough. There is a peanut butter cookie version in the recipe.