The BEST 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

5 from 3 votes

The BEST 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

The BEST 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies recipe made with simple pantry ingredients and zero flour, butter or oil! Soft, chewy cookies with rich peanut butter flavor are the perfect gluten-free sweet treat.

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Servings:

Ingredients

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
2 Tbsp cane sugar or other granulated sweetener
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix ingredients. In a medium bowl, combine peanut butter, egg, baking soda, cane sugar and vanilla. Using a hand mixer or whisk, mix all the ingredients really well until all combined. The dough will be thick and sticky.
Shape cookies. Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the dough mixture (I like to use this small cookie scoop) and roll into a balls. Place them on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving space between each cookie. Use a fork to gently press a crisscross pattern into each ball, slightly flattening them. I also like to smooth up the edges with my finger.
Bake. Place the cookies in the oven and bake for 10 to 13 minutes, or until edges are set and centers are still soft. The cookies will continue to firm up as they cool.
Cool and enjoy. Let the them cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

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