The Best Peanut Butter Cookies

The Best Peanut Butter Cookies is a cookie recipe built around all-purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda. Plan on 36 Cookies and about 26 minutes.

• Yield 36 Cookies
• Ready in 26 minutes
• Prep 15 minutes
• Cook 11 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup salted butter, softened to room temperature
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line half sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
4. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and mix until combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until creamy.
5. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
6. Scoop the dough and roll into 1- or 2-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
7. Bake for 10-11 minutes until puffed. Don't over bake (err on the side of underbaking slightly).
8. Remove from the oven and use a flat-bottomed glass to immediately press each cookie to flatten slightly. Don't flatten the cookies to smithereens, just press the puffed part down until the cookies are an even thickness.
9. Scoop onto a cooling rack to cool completely. These cookies freeze great (and actually taste amazing straight from the fridge or freezer).

Cool the cookies on the sheet for a few minutes, then move them to a rack.