You can make the most delicious peanut butter cookies with just three ingredients! These cookies are chewy with crisp, golden edges and an intense peanut butter flavor. Coming together in just 20 minutes these Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies may just be the easiest cookies you’ll ever make.
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I don’t know what magical alchemy occurs with just 3 ingredients but this simple combination of peanut butter, brown sugar and egg comes together to make a cookie that is slightly crumbly and full of peanut butter flavor. Feel free to use creamy or crunchy peanut butter, and if you’re using natural peanut butter like I do make sure it’s well stirred. Lastly, don’t forget the criss-cross pattern! Making the crosshatch pattern with a fork flattens the cookies before baking as well as giving these peanut butter cookies a signature look to distinguish them from other cookies. Love peanuts? Take a look at my Peanut Butter Banana Bread and my Homemade Peanut Brittle!
Ingredients
- Peanut butter
- Brown sugar
- Large egg
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies
This recipe makes 1 dozen cookies but you can easily double or triple it for more cookies. Preheat the oven to 350℉ an in a large bowl stir together the peanut butter, brown sugar and egg ensuring everthing is well combined.
Using a 1.5 oz cookie scoop form 12 dough balls and place them on a cookie sheet line with parchment paper, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart. Flatten the cookies to approximately 1/2 inch thick and the form a crosshatch pattern using a fork.
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden amn the cookies are set. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to let the cookies fully cool.
If you like these Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies be sure to take a look at some of my other recipes!
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Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Equipment
- 1 large bowl
- 1 1.5 oz cookie scoop
- 1 Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- In a large bowl stir together the peanut butter, brown sugar and egg ensuring everthing is well combined.
- Using a 1.5 oz cookie scoop form 12 dough balls and place them on a cookie sheet line with parchment paper, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart. Flatten the cookies to approximately 1/2 inch thick and the form a crosshatch pattern using a fork.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden amn the cookies are set.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to let the cookies fully cool.
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Kim says
Can’t wait to make this!!
MS says
I LOVE that these took only 3 ingredients! They came out so good! Also love that it’s gluten free for those who can’t have gluten.
Tara says
This is our favorite PB cookie! We make it all summer with the kids. So good!