3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

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Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies have been a recipe box favorite for generations!

3 ingredient peanut butter cookies on plate

This recipe is the quintessential peanut butter cookie. Using only three simple ingredients, mixed by hand, and baked in about ten minutes, they’re a cookie jar favorite. You can even substitute Splenda for sugar if you like and they turn out every bit as good. In fact, as soon as I’m done writing this post up I’m heading in the kitchen to whip up a batch for my peanut butter loving family.
They are chewy, delicious, quick, and easy. All great attributes to the perfect cookie!

ingredients for peanut butter cookies

To make these, all you need is peanut butter, sugar, and an egg. The amount of each ingredient is simply one: 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar, 1 egg. Easy peasy.  If you want to take them over the top a bit, you can add in small peanut butter cups or chocolate kisses. 

mixing peanut butter cookies

Place all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. 

mixing peanut butter cookies

Stir together until well blended and fully combined. I usually just do this by hand with a spoon or spatula but you can use a mixer if you prefer. 

peanut butter cookies ready for baking

Make about 1 inch round balls and place on baking sheets. You don’t have to grease your sheets but sometimes I line mine with parchment when I’m feeling especially lazy and don’t want to have to wash them later. After you place dough balls on sheet, put a little sugar in a bowl and dip the tines of a fork in it, then gently press down on each cookie twice, in a criss cross fashion. Bake at 350 for about ten minutes, or until very lightly browned. 

peanut butter cookies

If you want to add peanut butter cups or chocolate kisses: Bake the cookies fully and as soon as they are done, remove them from the oven and gently press a chocolate in the center of each one. Then, leave them to cool completely. The chocolate will melt down in there a little bit and attach itself perfectly. 

plate of cookies

Look at these little gems! A single recipe makes about 18 cookies. 

final picture peanut butter cookies

Enjoy your delicious, well deserved cookie. 

final picture peanut butter cookies

If you don’t already have this gem of a recipe in your files, make sure you print it out now and remedy that! 

Have a GREAT day, friends! 

final picture peanut butter cookies

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

The quintessential peanut butter cookie
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, peanutbutter
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 131kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar can sub Splenda
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  • Stir all ingredients together in medium sized mixing bowl.
  • Make about 1 inch round balls and place on ungreased baking sheets. Put a little sugar in a bowl and dip the tines of a fork in it, then press down on each cookie twice, in a criss cross fashion.
  • Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes, or until very lightly browned. 
  • If you want to add peanut butter cups or chocolate kisses: Bake the cookies fully and as soon as they are done, remove them from the oven and gently press a chocolate in the center of each one. Then, leave them to cool completely. The chocolate will melt down in there a little bit and attach itself perfectly. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal
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25 Comments

  1. I frequently make Flourless PB cookies & have fine-tuned my recipe over the years. I agree with Wynona & add vanilla. I also agree with Debra & use light brown sugar (I’ve never tried dark) instead of granulated. I use a lower sodium PB ( Simply Jif) so I add salt as well.

  2. I love this recipe, Christy!! My husband has ben making them for years and he does add a splash of vanilla. I plan to try the kisses and the peanut butter cup too. We made them once with dark chocolate chips added before baking. They were awesome. We actually had a batch of them last night.

  3. 5 stars
    I’ve always added a bit of vanilla to mine.this was first recipe my mom taught me.

  4. I’ve never made cookies without flour and everything else! I will definitely give these a try!

  5. 5 stars
    You forgot to add the egg in the printable recipe card ingredient list 😉 Love ya and your recipes.

      1. 5 stars
        Made them with dark brown sugar and added a little vanilla. Wonderful, The only problem I had was making them too big. They spread out and I ended up making bars as they covered the whole sheet pan.

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