Name: Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 225 grams butter - unsalted; 300 grams peanut butter (crunchy or smooth); 200 grams caster sugar (fine sugar); 200 grams soft brown sugar; 2 eggs; 330 grams plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; pinch salt; 1 teaspoon soda

Easy to make recipe for a delicious soft peanut butter cookies made with peanut butter. This recipe is quick to bake and the cookies keep well for several days.

If you’ve run out your last packet of Nutter Butter biscuits and the local shops are already closed, you might be wondering if you can make Nutter Butter Biscuits at home. Well, the simple answer is, that you can!

Your homemade version of peanut nutter butter cookies might not be absolutely the same taste or texture like the shop bought ones (since you are not a biscuit making factory machine!), but I think they will be even better!

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Important notes on the ingredients in this recipe

The bonus is that you’ll only use ingredients that you want and don’t add any unnecessary salt or sugar, that you don’t want. This will make your homemade peanut butter biscuits so much better and healthier too!

You’ll need some simple ingredients to create this recipe and you can use both crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter. It really depends on your taste.

Since we are talking healthy eating, peanut butter biscuits are actually pretty healthy as they are. They are packed with protein (that’s the egg and peanut butter), which means they will fill you up without scoffing the whole pack.

How to adapt the base recipe to make it different every time

This recipe is a simple base recipe, that you can tweak to your liking. If you find that your dough mixture is too runny, just add a little bit more flour. This is usually caused by the peanut butter, as different varieties will have a different thickness.

I’ve tried this recipe with a teaspoon of vanilla extract, which made it extra yummy, but if I don’t have it to hand, I don’t worry about it too much. It works well without it.

You can also vary the amount of salt you add it. Some people prefer the salty taste of their peanut butter, so if that’s you, you might like to increase the amount from a little pinch to at least 1/2 teaspoon.

If you’d like to add a little decorative sugar on the top of your peanut butter cookies, you can dip the little balls of cookies into a caster sugar before you place them on the baking sheet. This adds in an extra crunch.

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Tips for making sure your cookies will come out great the first time

This peanut butter mixture requires chilling time in the fridge. I recommend that you chill the cookies for at least an hour, but if you can chill them for little longer.

If your kitchen is very warm or you are making these in the summer, it’s also a good idea to chill them when you finish rolling them and placing them onto the baking sheet.

As you are handling the dough with your hands, you are going to warm up the dough and it doesn’t matter how long you’ve had it in the fridge before, it might be still too warm and spread too much in the oven.

How to tell when your cookies are done

And one last note on how to tell when the cookies are done. Since this peanut butter cookie dough is already fairly brown in colour, it could be difficult to tell when they are done as you ment to bake them until golden.

My suggestion is to put them in preheated oven and time exactly 8-10 minutes and then take them out. They might even look like they are a bit soft (and undone!!!) in the middle, but that’s fine. As the biscuits cool down they firm up.

If you overbake them (which can easily be a difference between 8 minutes and 13 minutes), they will taste quite hard when they cool down.

Once you try these, I’d love to know what you think! In the meantime, I’m going to make another batch, make a coffee and read my favourite book!

How to bake my peanut butter cookies at home

Warm the butter and peanut butter slightly in a microwave (in a microwave suitable bowl)

Mix in the sugars

Add the eggs and mix well

In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt and stir into the peanut butter mixture

Leave it to rest in the fridge for about an hour

Form the dough into about an inch (2.5 cm) balls and space them on a baking sheet lined with a non-stick baking parchment. Flatten each biscuit a little with a fork and bake in preheated oven (180C) for about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

How to store & keep your homemade peanut butter cookies

To keep my homemade peanut butter cookies fresh and delicious, I always start by letting them cool completely. Once they’re cool, I transfer them to an airtight container, which helps maintain their softness and flavor.

If I plan to eat them within a few days, I’ll just keep the container at room temperature. For longer storage, I sometimes add a slice of bread to the container; this trick helps absorb any excess moisture and keeps the cookies soft.

If I need to store them for an extended period, I pack them in resealable freezer bags or plastic containers with parchment paper between the layers to prevent sticking, and then freeze them. This way, I can enjoy my cookies whenever I want without worrying about them going stale.