These soft and chewy, 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies are full of peanut butter flavour. Plus they’re flourless, use just one bowl and take just minutes to make!
Have you ever made 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies?
To be honest I thought it was a little bit crazy when I first saw this recipe. To make a good peanut butter cookie you have to use more then one bowl, one spoon and 3 ingredients. Right?
Turns out, not so much.
These 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies, made with one bowl and a spoon, are pretty fantastic.
Full of peanut butter flavour, with that classic crosshatch pattern on top, these soft and chewy peanut butter cookies remind me of the ones my mom used to make when I was growing up.
Considering they’re basically the Kraft recipe (I only changed the baking time), they probably are the ones my mom used to make.
There are a bunch of different versions of these 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies online.
Some use brown sugar, some use white, some use twice as much sugar, they’re baked at a number of different times and temperatures – but don’t worry, I made boatloads of cookies and discovered the best version for you. Took one for the team.
Assuming of course that you have the same taste in peanut butter cookies as I do!
After making way too many peanut butter cookies in one day (good thing they’re so easy to make!), the original Kraft version is the one we liked the best.
Although we did find that if we baked them for the 20 minutes that recipe specifies we ended up with crispy cookies.
Since we prefer our peanut butter cookies soft and chewy, I only bake them for 12-14 minutes.
And that, my friends, results in amazing, easy as can be, peanut butter cookies.
One bowl, one spoon, 3 ingredients and about 20 minutes.
That’s all you need and you can be biting into a soft, chewy, peanut buttery cookie!
How to make 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies:
- I haven’t tried these cookies with natural peanut butter, but a lovely reader did and let me know that they don’t work well with it – so stick to the regular kind for these cookies! I have made them with crunchy peanut butter and it was good although we prefer the creamy peanut butter in these cookies.
- You can use brown sugar instead of white sugar – it will result in a very soft cookie that spreads a bit more.
- I love these cooking sheets to line my pans, although these cookies are fine directly on the baking pan too.
- If you have a cookie scoop, it is the best way to get uniform cookies.
Here are some more great cookies recipes for you:
- Swig Sugar Cookies
- Raspberry Lemon Cookies
- Salted Double Chocolate Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Carrot Cake Cookies
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
These soft and chewy, 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies are full of peanut butter flavour. Plus, they're flourless, use just one bowl and minutes to make!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 large Egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the peanut butter, sugar and the egg until well combined.
- Form the dough into 2 tablespoon sized balls (or use a cookie scoop) and place them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet.
- Press them down with a fork to make a crosshatch pattern.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until they are just set and no longer shiny, and the edges are just barely starting to brown. Don’t over bake them or they won’t be soft and chewy.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving them to a wire rack - they will be too soft to move right away.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 165Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 108mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 5g
Nutrition Information is estimated based on ingredients used and may not be exact.
I’ve also shared this 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies recipe over on Food Fanatic.
Mabel
Tuesday 5th of December 2023
Can I put peanuts in the cookies
Stacey
Thursday 7th of December 2023
Go for it!
Kelly
Friday 23rd of December 2022
I have always loved these cookies however I'm remembering rolling them into a ball and pressing down with a fork. They are so sticky now their impossible to roll into a ball. Don't know how to fix this issue.
Robin
Sunday 10th of December 2023
@Kelly, dip fork in sugar first
Amanda
Thursday 15th of June 2023
@Kelly, I spray a little pam cooking spray on my hands makes rolling them much easier
Stacey
Monday 26th of December 2022
I usually use a cookie scoop for these cookies so I haven't found that to be an issue. Cookie scoops work well with stickier cookie doughs. And then I like to dip my fork in flour before pressing them down so the fork doesn't stick.
Evy Thais
Sunday 29th of May 2022
So,I tried this w/ honey. Yummy! Only have to add enriched, presented wheat/ unbleached/ your choice of flour. Added just enough until a dough formed. I also added 1Tbsp unsalted butter & 2tsp vanilla. Timing was 10-12 mins baking.
Sandy
Thursday 22nd of September 2022
@Fran, sometimes they are too soft to roll into balls, instead of adding flour I put the dough in the fridge to stiffen up a little and then roll them into balls.
Fran
Saturday 2nd of July 2022
@Evy Thais, why even bother to comment on the recipe if you’ve altered it to a totally different recipe.
Evy Thais
Sunday 29th of May 2022
Because I don't use granulated sugar, I'll be trying this with honey in 1 version, and a raw sugar in another version. I'll keep you posted. Cross my fingers!
Laurie O'Reilly
Friday 1st of October 2021
Best made with kraft light peanut butter. I do not know why.