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Peanut butter cookie sprinkled with granulated sugar.

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

3 Ingredients Peanut Butter Cookies are so easy-to-make! Use crunchy natural peanut butter and brown sugar for the best results. 

Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup natural peanut butter, crunchy or creamy (see note)
  • 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional
  • granulated sugar, optional

Instructions

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.  (See oven note)

  2. Stir together peanut butter, sugar, and egg in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in chocolate chips if using. Allow dough to stand for 10 minutes. (This step is important. Don't skip it.) 

  3. Drop dough, about one tablespoon each, onto prepared baking sheets. Lightly press tops of cookies with tines of a fork, making a crosshatch pattern. Sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar, optional. 

  4. Bake cookies, until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the pan for five minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool fully. Store, wrapped, on the counter, for up to four days. 

Recipe Notes

Peanut Butter Note

  • Before measuring natural peanut butter, stir it to incorporate the oil. 
  • If your natural peanut butter does not contain salt, add 1/4 teaspoon to the recipe for the best flavor. 

 

Oven Note

  • When these cookies were tested in a Breville tabletop oven, the bottoms of the cookies turned very dark when the oven rack was in the "bake" position. When tested with the rack in the "toast" position, they baked as intended. Keep your eye on the cookies if using a tabletop oven.