Hard, Crunchy, & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
The perfect classic Peanut Butter Cookie: Featuring a firm, golden-crisp exterior and a deeply chewy, peanut-buttery center. This easy, one-bowl recipe uses a signature criss-cross pattern and a simple sugar dusting to create a bakery-quality texture that isn't crumbly or dry. Ready in under 20 minutes!
Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 77cal
Cost: $4
Equipment
- Oven adjusted to center rack position
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
- Stand Mixer
- Rubber Spatula
- small cookie scoop
- Fork
- cooling racks
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter softened but not melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar *plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling dough balls
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- In the bowl of a standmixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and both sugars.
- Add in the vanilla extract and egg(s) and beat until smooth and creamy.
- In a smaller bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and powder to combine.
- Lower mixture speed and slowly add in the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, scoop dough into small balls and sprinkle them with sugar.
- Place cookie dough balls 2" apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Use a fork to gently press down and make criss cross patterns on the cookies.
- Bake for ten minutes and remove from oven.
- Allow cookies to firm up for 3 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
- Repeat baking process until all cookies have been baked. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional values may vary and are meant to be a guide.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 77cal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 83IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.3mg