Okay, so I’m not a professional chef. In fact, the last time I tried to cook something with more ingredients than peanut butter and jelly was like 15 years ago. But when it comes to baking delicious peanut butter cookies with just three ingredients—well, that’s my jam.
So let’s get into how you can make your own homemade Peanut Butter Cookies with only 3 ingredients:
Ingredients
- Peanut butter – 1 cup
- Eggs – 2
- Flour – 3/4 cup
- Baking soda – 1 teaspoon
Directions
To make these peanut butter cookies, you’ll need:
- 1 cup of peanut butter (I used creamy)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
Mise en place
Mise en place is a French term for preparing everything you need before you start cooking. It’s an important step in cooking, as it makes the process easier and more efficient.
To create your peanut butter cookies, the first thing to do is gather all of the ingredients together on the countertop: one cup of flour, two eggs (beaten), 1/2 cup peanut butter (chunky or smooth), and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
Step 1 – Make your peanut butter cookie dough.
- Mix the dry ingredients together.
- Add the wet ingredients, and mix until a dough forms, about 2 minutes on low speed or 1 minute with an electric hand mixer or whisk attachment on a stand mixer set to medium speed (or just mix it by hand). Don’t overmix! You want to see some streaks of flour in your cookie dough–that means you’ve got enough flour for structure without being too much for flavor or texture purposes.
- Use a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop (or two tablespoons if they’re smaller) to form balls out of your peanut butter cookie dough, placing them on a parchment-lined baking sheet as you go along until they are all formed into balls; this will help prevent sticking when they go in the oven later!
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Step 2 – Shape the peanut butter cookies and bake them.
Take the peanut butter mixture and shape it into balls using a cookie scoop. Place the shaped cookies on a baking sheet and bake them for 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, or until they are golden brown. Once baked, let them cool before eating!
You can make tasty peanut butter cookies with just 3 ingredients!
- You can make tasty peanut butter cookies with just 3 ingredients!
- You are probably wondering how this is possible. The answer is very simple: peanut butter, sugar and eggs. That’s it! This recipe requires no special skills or equipment–you only need a mixing bowl and spoon (or whisk) to mix up the dough, then you’ll bake your cookies in an oven until they’re golden brown on top.
You can add nuts or chocolate chips if you like; I prefer my peanut butter cookies plain so I can savor their rich flavor without distraction from other flavors competing for attention in my mouth at once.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed these delicious peanut butter cookies! If you want to try another flavor, try our chocolate chip cookies recipe. It’s just as easy and uses the same three ingredients: flour, sugar and eggs.
