Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 24 large cookies
Calories: 246kcal
One bite of these chewy peanut butter cookies and you'll remember why this is such a classic, beloved cookie!
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Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted Challenge butter softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter I used natural
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- additional sugar for rolling
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl, add flour, baking soda and salt. Whisk together, then set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, blend softened butter, peanut butter and honey. Add brown sugar and (white) sugar and continue to blend. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and beat all ingredients until well incorporated.
- While mixing, slowly add the bowl of flour.
- Blend just until all the flour is incorporated.
- If the dough is very soft, chill dough (in the fridge) about 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350*F and line baking sheets with a Silpat liner (this is what I used) or parchment paper.
- Using a 2 tablespoon sized scoop, scoop dough, then roll in your hands slightly to form a ball. Drop balls of dough into a small bowl of sugar, and roll to coat. Place balls of dough on the prepared baking sheet, then flatten to about 1/2" tall using the bottom of a glass.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven as soon as the tops are cracked, but the cookies appear slightly underdone. The cookies will continue to bake on the baking sheet as they cool. Cool 1-2 minutes on the baking sheet, then carefully move to a cooling rack.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container for 3-5 days.
Notes
I used natural peanut butter than contains only peanuts and a small amount of salt. If using peanut butter with added sugar you may wish to reduce the sugar a bit. If you use natural peanut butter with no added salt, I would suggest you up the salt in the recipe to 1 teaspoon.
I used Challenge butter in this recipe, please feel free to use a high quality brand of your choice.
Nutrition
Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 104mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 197IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg