 Why are these Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies the best? Just the right amount of peanut butter, honey, and brown sugar to make 2 dozen delicious cookies. These are not old school peanut butter cookies. They’re better. Less is more with these Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. Less flour. Less sugar. More flavor. Yes, you want to taste peanut butter in your peanut butter cookies, but you want more than that. Dark brown sugar and honey add flavor notes to make these peanut butter cookies really sing! Bonus: No mixer needed. Just a whisk and a spatula to make this cookie dough. ⬇️ JUMP TO RECIPE Baking Questions About Peanut Butter Cookies Why can’t I use natural peanut butter to bake these peanut butter cookies? Natural peanut butter – whether with palm oil or not – will affect how the cookies bake and not in a good way. Using natural peanut butter with just peanuts and salt, the cookies won’t spread enough and will taste dry. Using peanut butter with palm oil, the cookies will spread too much and taste dry and tough. When are peanut butter cookies done? Peanut butter cookies are done when just set on the edges and soft in the middle. The cookies are supposed to be soft when they come out of the oven. The peanut butter cookies will firm up when they cool on the pan for 5 minutes. Why are my peanut butter cookies dry and crumbly? Because of the starch in peanut butter, too much peanut butter will make the cookies dry and crumbly. You want your peanut butter cookie dough to be soft, not stiff. Why are my peanut butter cookies flat? There are several reasons that peanut butter cookies can be flat. Note: I am not paid for equipment suggestions. 1) Incorrect measurements cause the cookies to spread too much. Try a digital scale. For about $25, the most boring part of baking can be fast and accurate. Plus, you won’t waste any ingredients. 2) Do not overmix the dough. Overmixing adds too much air to the dough and the cookies will collapse in the oven. Mix the wet ingredients by hand with a whisk. Then, stir in the flour mixture with a silicone spatula. 3) Oven is too hot, causing the cookies to spread too much. Try an oven thermometer which is a better gauge of your oven temperature. Also, every oven has hot spots. Rotating the pans halfway through the baking time helps the cookies bake more evenly. Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies Video 🖨️ PRINT RECIPE Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients
How to Make Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies (24 cookies) Place the oven rack on the middle level. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two 18-inch by 13-inch rimmed baking pans (half sheet pans) with parchment paper.  In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Melt the butter and set aside to cool.  In a large bowl, add the brown sugar, peanut butter, eggs, melted butter, honey, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.  Add the flour mixture to the brown sugar mixture. With a silicone spatula, stir together until a soft dough forms.  If weighing the dough on a digital scale, place plastic wrap on the scale for easier cleanup later. Working with 2 tablespoons of dough at a time (35 grams or use a #30 portion scoop), roll the dough into balls and evenly space on prepared pans (12 dough balls per pan).  Use a drinking glass to slightly flatten the dough balls until 2 inches in diameter. Slightly flattening the dough helps these cookies spread just the right amount when baking.  Bake the cookies, one pan at a time on the middle rack, until the cookie edges are just set and just starting to brown, 10-12 minutes, rotating the pan after 5-6 minutes (to help the cookies bake evenly).  Remove the cookies from the oven. Let the cookies cool on the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes.  Use a wide spatula to transfer the cookies from the pan to a wire rack. Let cool completely before serving. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.  See more Recipes to Bake: Blackberry Lemon Cake Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Mini Chocolate Tarts Wild Blueberry Muffins Raspberry Buttermilk Cake Enjoyed this post? Follow us on Instagram and Facebook Get a new post each month.  Comments are closed.
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