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Peanut Butter Cookies - 3 Ingredients

A simple and delicious three-ingredient recipe to make peanut butter cookies.  Using pantry items that include sugar, peanut butter and an egg.  Quick, easy and less than 30 minutes to make.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 132Kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter All-natural peanut butter is NOT recommended. Use a regular commercial brand (Skippy, Jiff, store brand)
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Add the above ingredients into a bowl and stir well to combine.
  • This recipe makes 15 to 18 cookies. Good-sized cookies too!
  • If you would like to add chocolate chips to some of your cookies, just add them on top of the dough balls before you flatten them.  It's the easiest way to make just a few chocolate chip peanut butter cookies!
  • Dip your fork into sugar then press the cookie dough ball to create the traditional crisscross pattern. The sugar gives you that little crunch on top.
  • Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until just starting to brown on the bottom. Watch closely!
  • Place on a wire rack to cool and then enjoy!

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Notes

This is a small enough batch that I sometimes make it in my toaster oven!   If you want to try that, decrease the heat to 325 and watch carefully to see when they are done - they often are done a couple of minutes earlier.
Optional - add chocolate chips if desired.
Some other easy peanut butter recipes include this
Peanut Butter and Banana Snack
No Bake Scotcheroo Bars

Nutrition Disclaimer

Nutrition information is an estimate only provided as a courtesy using an ingredient database. Garnish and optional ingredients are not included in the calculations.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 132Kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.3mg