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Peanut Butter Cookies

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By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Oct 19, 2020
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Create new memories in the kitchen with delicious homemade peanut butter cookies that are ready in under an hour. Perfect for the peanut butter lovers in your home, these simple, made-from-scratch peanut butter cookies are a terrific kid-friendly activity.

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  • Did you know? One of the first sources offering instructions for the classic “criss-cross” pattern on peanut butter cookies was a 1930s Pillsbury cookbook. Though the original reason for doing so wasn’t initially made clear, these waffle-like marks are thought to be applied to ensure that the cookies are baked more evenly. Since adding peanut butter to the dough makes the cookies quite dense, flattening the cookies can help them bake through and come out with soft centers and crispy edges. Nowadays, most people apply the criss-cross pattern out of tradition or habit; it’s easy to immediately identify which cookie is the peanut butter one on the platter, thanks to the distinguishing marks! This can also be incredibly helpful to people with peanut allergies. They will know exactly which cookie they should (unfortunately) avoid. Once you’ve mastered the classic peanut butter cookie, try fun twists like peanut blossoms, peanut butter cookie sandwiches and more!

Peanut Butter Cookies

  • Prep Time 50 min
  • Total 50 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 48
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 teaspoons sugar

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in peanut butter, vanilla and egg until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda and salt until well combined, scraping bowl occasionally.
  • Step 
    2
    Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. With fork dipped in 4 teaspoons sugar, flatten balls in crisscross pattern.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until set and golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.

Nutrition

70 Calories
3 1/2g Total Fat
1g Protein
8g Total Carbohydrate
5g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
30
Total Fat
3 1/2g
5%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
6%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
80mg
3%
Potassium
30mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
8g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
5g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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