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Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe – Only 5 Ingredients

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I have been trying to create an easy peanut butter cookie recipe for a few days now. Several of them turned out to taste like old, rotten, Play-Doh. Finally, we have a winner. These peanut butter cookies taste delicious, and only take a short time to make. This post contains affiliate links, all opinions are my own.

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe - Only 5 Ingredients

When I worked with LTD Commodities, one of the items that I got was a baking mat. It’s cool, but I am pretty sure it tacks on a few extra baking minutes, and it causes funny waves in the cookies. I kind of like the way it looks – makes the cookies interesting.

  

 

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe - Only 5 Ingredients

Another fun item that I recently received is the Cricut Explore. I will be posting my full review shortly, but in this picture you can see the cookie holder I was able to make using the Cricut. With cardstock, freezer paper, and sticker paper, I was able to use the Cricut Explore™ to create the DIY cookie holder. That was another reason I had to bake cookies – to fill the cookie holder. 😉

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe - Only 5 Ingredients

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

Makes 12 cookies

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter – I used Jif Reduced Fat
  • 1/4 cup sugar – I might exclude this next time – the cookies are pretty sweet
  • 1 package instant pudding mix – I used French Vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla – I used Madagascar Vanilla Bean paste
  • Optional add-ins: chocolate chips, crushed peanuts, etc.

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  2. Mix all ingredients using a mixer
  3. Mix in any optional add-ins by hand
  4. Roll dough into 1″ balls and place onto an ungreased cookie sheet
  5. Flatten gently using the tines of a fork
  6. Bake for 15-20 minutes (start checking at 15, but mine took closer to 20 minutes)
  7. Let cool completely before removing from pan

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe - Only 5 Ingredients

You know, sometimes you just need a peanut butter cookie. This easy peanut butter cookie recipe is the ticket for those times.

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe - Only 5 Ingredients

Do you like peanut butter cookies? Do you have a favorite easy peanut butter cookie recipe?


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Comments

  1. That is my kind of recipe. Easy, and something that just about everybody will enjoy. I would never have thought of using pudding! The cookie holders are cool too.

  3. Those look amazing. I wonder if the cookie holder would slow me down on eaating peant butter cookies?

  4. Sounds good with the pudding but I have to say I have an easier and very tasty recipe. It calls for 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of granulated sugar, and 1 egg. That’s it ! They are very good and I was super excited to hear of it from a friend. I call it the 111 recipe 😉 Have a great day 🙂 Oh and I use Jif because it makes the best Peanut Butter cookies.

  6. One of my favorite cookies to make, and with only 5 ingredients these are a must bake.

  9. These are easy awesome cookies to make and they look so delicious! I will have to make these and try out your version! Thanks for sharing.

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