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How to make peanut butter cookies takes you through each step of the process of making delicious, homemade peanut butter cookies. If you love creamy peanut butter mixed in with the texture of fresh, oven-baked cookies, follow the steps on this page. Your taste buds will be happy you did!
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Making Peanut Butter Cookies Tips
- Opt for crunchy peanut butter over creamy as it will give the cookies added texture and taste.
- Remove the cookies promptly from the oven once they have baked. Additional oven time will lead to dry cookies.
- Rotate the cookie sheet halfway through the baking process to ensure even baking for all the cookies.
- Don't remove the cookies from the baking sheet until they have cooled for five minutes. Removing them too soon may cause them to lose their shape.
- For extra sweetness, top each cookie with a miniature peanut butter cup as soon as you remove the cookies from the oven.
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Introduction
- Few things taste better than homemade peanut butter cookies. With a creamy peanut butter taste in soft, oven-baked cookies, it's no wonder that these cookies are so popular with people of all ages. Thankfully, it's not too difficult to make peanut butter cookies from scratch.
What You'll Need
- The ingredients listed will make a batch of about 25 cookies. For a larger batch, simply double the ingredient amounts used in the recipe.
- Ingredients
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowl
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Mixer
- Cookie sheets
- Fork
- Wire cooling rack
Step 1: Preparation
- Before you begin mixing your peanut butter cookie dough, you'll need to do some prep work.
- Take refrigerated ingredients such as the butter and egg out of the refrigerator and allow them to cool to room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir the baking powder, baking soda and flour together in a medium bowl. Put these dry ingredients aside to be used later.
Step 2: Combine Ingredients
- Now that you've done the preparation work, you're ready to mix the ingredients together.
- Cream the butter for two to three minutes.
- Combine the peanut butter, white sugar and brown sugar to the butter, and mix thoroughly using the mixer.
- Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients mixture of flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- Mix until these dry ingredients are completely stirred into the wet ingredients. The dough should be pale in color and have a light consistency.
Step 3: Bake the Cookies
- Now that you've got the dough fully prepared, it's time to bake those cookies!
- Form the dough into one inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Make sure to space the dough balls evenly, allowing about two inches of space between them.
- Dip a fork in flour and press it gently into the top of each dough ball. Turn the fork a quarter-turn and again press it gently into the top of the cookie dough.
- This makes the traditional criss-cross shape associated with peanut butter cookies.
- Place the cookie sheets in the oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Variations
- If you'd like to get creative with your peanut butter cookies, there are several variations you can try.
- Instead of one cup of butter, use 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup shortening for chewier, thicker cookies.Baking911.com: Chocolate Chip
- For chocolate peanut butter cookies, add 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips to the recipe.
- Add 12 ounces of peanut butter chips for even more peanut butter flavor.
- For a nuttier flavor, add one cup of chopped pecans, almonds or walnuts to the dough.
- Add 2 cups of rolled oats to the recipe to make peanut butter oatmeal cookies.Publix.com: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies The oats add fiber to the cookies.The Food Channel: Top Ten Good Things About Oats
- For healthier cookies, substitute whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour.KitchenSaavy.com: Substituting Whole Wheat for White Flour
- You can also save calories by substituting margarine for butterOchef.com: How to Make Margarine Cookies and two eggs whites for one entire egg.FoodSubs.com: Eggs
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