3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Chewy, nutty cookies made with just peanut butter, sugar, and an egg. No flour, no butter—these bake in under 15 minutes and taste like pure peanut butter bliss.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 178
- Protein
- 5g
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- 1
Set the oven to 350°F and wait until the indicator light tells you it has finished heating, about 10 minutes.
- 2
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper by unrolling the paper and laying it flat across the entire sheet.
- 3
Pour 1 cup peanut butter into a medium bowl, then use a rubber spatula to scrape every bit into the bowl.
- 4
Add 0.75 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg, 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 0.25 teaspoon salt to the same bowl.
- 5
Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture looks like a thick, uniform paste with no streaks of unmixed ingredients, about 1 minute.
- 6
Drop 12 mounds of dough onto the parchment paper, spacing each mound about 2 inches apart (use a spoon to scoop walnut-sized portions).
- 7
Press the tines of a fork flat against the top of each mound, then lift the fork straight up to create a crosshatch pattern on the surface.
- 8
Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven and bake until the edges turn the color of warm honey and the center looks slightly soft, about 10 minutes.
- 9
Remove the baking sheet from the oven using oven mitts and set it on a heat-safe surface to cool for 5 minutes.
- 10
Use a metal spatula to slide each cookie onto a plate or cooling rack, then let them cool completely before eating.
Tools you’ll need
- oven
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- medium bowl
- rubber spatula
- wooden spoon
- fork
- oven mitts
- metal spatula
- cooling rack or plate
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