Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies!

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Here’s why you will love these Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies!

  • Soft and chewy recipe – not crunchy and thin. 
  • Thick Peanut Butter Cookies lightly salted with sea salt for a burst of flavor!
  • Easy to make for any occasion or celebration! 

Several Peanut Butter Cookies on a plate

What you need to make Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies! 

  • Peanut Butter – you can use creamy or crunchy, but I used creamy when I made mine. 
  • Sea Salt. Something about adding the sprinkle of salt on top makes these so good!
  • Basic ingredients and a crowd favorite for any occasion!

Above view of a Peanut Butter Cookie

How to Make Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies

You are going to love this simple and delicious classic cookie! Here’s how to make Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies!

Softened butter in bowl

First, soften the butter in the microwave for a few seconds.

Brown sugar, white sugar, butter, and peanut butter added to bowl

Next, add the brown sugar, white sugar, and creamy peanut butter. Mix them until they start coming together.

Vanilla being added to bowl

Now, mix in the egg and vanilla.

Baking soda being added to bowl

Then, add in the flour and baking soda. Time to mix!

Scooped cookie dough in a cookie dough scoop

Scoop the cookie dough using a cookie dough scoop and space them out on a prepared baking sheet. (DO NOT press the cookies down or roll them into balls!)

Baked peanut butter cookies on a baking sheet

Now, take your fork and make the classic vertical and horizontal lines on top of the cookies. Don’t forget to sprinkle some sea salt on top for the finishing touch!

Baked peanut butter cookies on a cooling rack

Finally, once they are done baking, let them finish cooling on a cooling rack. Serve and enjoy!

Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients

Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies

Yields: 20-24 Cookies
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 9 minutes
Additional time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1 stick (softened)
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Sea salt (optional)

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Soften butter in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Microwave an additional 5 seconds if needed.
Add peanut butter, brown sugar, and sugar and mix well until smooth.
Add egg and vanilla.
Slowly stir in the flour and baking soda.
Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and place it on a cookie sheet (do not roll into balls or press down).
Use a fork and create horizontal and vertical lines for the classic look of peanut butter cookies (do not flatten when you make the lines).
Sprinkle the cookies with sea salt and bake for 9 minutes.
Let cool on the baking sheet for 15 minutes before moving to the cooling rack.
 

Someone dipping a Peanut Butter Cookie in a glass of milk

Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies!

Yield: 24 Cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Additional Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 34 minutes

Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies! Large, thick, Soft, and Chewy Cookies packed with peanut butter! Easy cookie recipe for large peanut butter cookies everyone will love!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1 stick (softened)
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • Sea salt (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 
  2. Soften butter in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Microwave an additional 5 seconds if needed. 
  3. Add peanut butter, brown sugar, and sugar and mix well until smooth. 
  4. Add egg and vanilla. 
  5. Slowly stir in the flour and baking soda. 
  6. Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and place it on a cookie sheet (do not roll into balls or press down). 
  7. Use a fork and create horizontal and vertical lines for the classic look of peanut butter cookies (do not flatten when you make the lines).
  8. Sprinkle the cookies with sea salt and bake for 9 minutes. 
  9. Let cool on the baking sheet for 15 minutes before moving to the cooling rack. 

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Why are my peanut butter cookies falling apart?

If your peanut butter cookies are falling apart you may have added too much flour. Another way to keep your cookies from falling apart is to let them cool completely on the baking sheet before picking them up. 

Stack of 5 Peanut Butter Cookies

How do I know when my peanut butter cookies are done?

The cookie will look set in the center and the edges will start to brown. You will have to watch them closely in the oven, and then let them cool completely on the baking sheet to finish baking even after they are out of the oven. 

Someone holding a Peanut Butter Cookie with a bite taken out of it

Why do you fork peanut butter cookies?

Have you ever wondered this!? I sure did! Not only is it just to look pretty and like a classic peanut butter cookie, but the fork marks help to spread out the dense cookie dough so that the cookies bake evenly. 

If you are a peanut butter lover, you will also want to try these Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies! YUMMMM!!! 

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