5.0 from 75 votes
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies I have ever had! These easy to make peanut butter dropped cookies are packed with peanut butter flavor and chocolate and candy mix ins!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 36 Cookies
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt I recommend Maldon sea salt flakes
- 1-2 cups Reese's Pieces
- 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips if desired
- 1/2-1 cup peanut butter chips if desired
- 1/2 cup peanuts if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- With a mixer, beat together peanut butter, softened butter and sugars until creamy and well combined. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until creamy.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt to mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in Reese's Pieces and any other mix ins.
- Scoop cookies onto a cookie sheet that has been lined with a silicone mat. Each scoop should hold approximately 2 tablespoons of dough.
- Bake for approximately 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on a wire cooling rack, but remain on baking sheet, for at least five minutes. Remove from baking sheet, serve and enjoy!
- YIELD: Approximately three dozen cookies
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Nutrition Information
Calories
245kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
23mg
(8%)
Sodium
202mg
(8%)
Potassium
124mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Vitamin A
175IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
0.8mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 245kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 23mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 202mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 124mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.