These old fashioned peanut butter cookies with their traditional crisscross pattern on top are perfect with a glass of cold milk. Soft in the middle and slightly crunchy on the outside, they practically melt in your mouth.

This is a tried and true classic recipe and will most likely become your favorite peanut butter cookie. The recipe you write down and place in your recipe box and hand down to your kids and grandkids. It’s that good! 

Ingredients Needed to Make Peanut Butter Cookies: 

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• white sugar
• brown sugar
• creamy peanut butter
• butter, I use salted butter for everything 
• eggs
• vanilla extract 
• salt
• baking powder
•  baking soda
• all purpose flour 

How to Make The Cookies:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the sugars, peanut butter, and butter.
• Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and beat well. 
• Shape dough into 1” balls and flatten with the palm of your hand. Use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on top of each cookie.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven for 12 minutes. The centers will be very soft and appear unbaked but they are done. They harden as they cool off. 
• This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies depending on what size you make them. 
• Enjoy! 

I like to make these cookies nice and soft but if you prefer crunchy peanut butter cookies, just bake them for a couple minutes more and you’ve got it. 
If you love peanut butter then you would also enjoy my Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies! I always make them at Christmas time and Valentine’s Day. Peanut butter and chocolate is a winning combo every time!

Enjoy!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Peanut Butter Cookies

These soft and chewy peanut butter cookies are perfect with a glass of cold milk. They have the classic crisscross on top of each cookie and practically melt in your mouth.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cookie, dessert, peanut butter

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Total Time 22 minutes minutes

Servings 3 Dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup salted butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the white and brown sugars, peanut butter, and butter until nice and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Using your hands, roll the dough into one inch balls or just scoop dough onto cookie sheet with a cookie scoop. Press flat with palm of hand. Make a criss-cross pattern on top of each cookie with a fork.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until very lightly browned. They will still be soft in the middle but harden as they cool.

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These are perfect for Valentine’s Day and for that Christmas cookie platter. But there’s also just a yummy treat for any time of year. 

You just mix up the dough, shape the dough into balls, roll them in sugar, and bake. As soon as you pull them out of the oven, push the chocolate kisses into the warm tops. 

You can also bake this dough as regular peanut butter cookies. Instead of shaping the dough into balls just scoop the cookie dough onto baking sheets, don’t roll them in sugar, and use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on top. Bake as usual. Peanut butter perfection! 

Enjoy!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

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Peanut Butter Blossoms

These cute little Peanut Butter Blossoms are the perfect treat for your chocolate and peanut butter lover. They’re such a fun cookie to bake with kids.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate,, Cookie, peanut butter

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Author Rachel Ballinger

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cup butter
• 4 eggs well beaten
• 4 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp baking soda
• 5 cups flour
• Sugar for rolling
• Chocolate kisses

Instructions

• In a mixer cream together white and brown sugar, peanut butter, and butter.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and mix.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Form into 1 inch balls and roll in a bowl of sugar.
• Place on cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. They will still be soft in the middle but harden as they cool.
• While the cookies are still hot, place an unwrapped chocolate kiss in the middle of each cookie and push down gently.

Notes

These cookies are delicious as plain peanut butter cookies as well. Instead of rolling the dough in balls just scoop cookie dough on baking sheet, don’t roll it in sugar, and use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on top. Bake as usual.

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