Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

These soft, creamy, chewy peanut butter cookies with crunchy peanut sprinkles (because they're more fun than the fork criss cross) are perfection.  

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Peanut Butter Cookie – 1/2 cup (108g) unsalted butter, room temp – 2/3 cup (175g) creamy peanut butter – 3/4 cup (155g) light brown sugar – 3 tbsp (57g) honey – 1 large egg – 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract – 3/4 tsp baking soda – 1/4 tsp kosher salt – 2 tsp cornstarch – 1 1/3 cup (175g) all-purpose flour Peanut Crunch Sprinkle – 3 tbsp granulated sugar – 3 tbsp sparkling sugar (or more granulated sugar) – 3 tbsp rainbow sprinkle – 1/4 cup dry roasted salted peanuts, uniform finely chopped

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Peanut Butter Cookies   Mix butter and peanut butter in a large bowl with a hand or stand mixer and paddle attachment until smooth. Add brown sugar and blend again until smooth. 

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Instructions

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Add honey, egg, and vanilla. Add baking soda, salt, and cornstarch and stir well. Stir in flour last. To ensure full mixing, use a rubber spatula and handmix.  

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Let the bowl chill for 30 minutes under cover. A cookie will look like the photographs after 30 minutes, but refrigerate for a couple hours to thicken. You can chill dough overnight.  

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After chilling the dough for 30 minutes, roll and coat the balls, cover, and chill. Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare a large baking sheet with parchment. 

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Mix peanut sprinkles in a small dish. Add extra sprinkles or peanuts for a thicker covering. Scoop and roll dough in coating using a big cookie scoop (3 tbsp).  

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The dough should be soft and slightly sticky. Bake 4 cookies on the pan for 12-14 minutes until the sides are brown and the middle is pale, puffy, and slightly underdone. 

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Use the inside curve of a fork to nudge the cookies into uniform sizes right after they come out of the oven.  

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Step 7

Remove the cookies from the pan after a few minutes and transfer them to a cooling rack to finish baking. Room-temperature cookies are excellent. Enjoy! 

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Also see

Chocolate Filled Red Velvet Cookies Recipe

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