Cookies, Desserts, High Elevation Brenda Drake + Chelsea Kasen Cookies, Desserts, High Elevation Brenda Drake + Chelsea Kasen

Peanut Butter Cookies

Crisp and chewy, but never crumbly, these peanut butter cookies are easy and quick to make.

These Peanut Butter Cookies are the best. Crisp and chewy, but never crumbly, they’re easy and quick to make. This recipe is based on a recipe shared by Two Peas & Their Pod.


Peanut Butter Cookies

To a small mixing bowl, add:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Sift together, set aside.

To the bowl of a stand mixer, add:

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

Cream together for 2-3 minutes, until mixture lightens in color.

Add:

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

Mix until smooth, then add:

Dry ingredients

Fold in until fully incorporated.

Scoop onto greased baking sheet. Using a fork, press to create a classic criss-cross design while simultaneously flattening the cookie to ~3/4” thick.

Bake at 350F for ~10 minutes, adding 5 minutes for extra-large cookies.

Transfer to cooling rack. Serve warm or cooled.


Brenda’s tips:

  • Serving size: Makes 12, 4” cookies or 24, 2” cookies

  • This recipe can be made stirring by hand or using a electric hand mixer

  • For higher elevations (~6K ft) recommended to add ~2 Tbsp flour

  • Creamy or crunchy peanut butter work equally well


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