Old-Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft, chewy and delicious! The key to the peanut butter cookies turning out just right is to let them set on the hot baking sheet for about five minutes after you take them out of the oven and before you place them on a cooling rack. With peanut butter on hand, be sure to try my Spicy Peanut Butter Noodle recipe. For another drop cookie recipe, try my Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies!
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 204kcal
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar plus a few tablespoons more to create the criss-cross pattern for the top of each cookie
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup butter softened
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Preheat Oven
- Preheat oven to 375° F and line two baking sheets with (affiliate link) parchment paper.
Mix Ingredients
- Blend the eggs, both sugars, peanut butter, shortening and butter in a mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients and stir until blended and smooth. Use a large tablespoon to scoop the dough and drop it into small mounds - about the size of a walnut or golf ball - onto the parchment paper. Note: I like large cookies, so I usually make the rounds of dough about the size of a golf ball but you can make smaller mounds if you'd like. Use a fork and dip the tines into a small bowl of the additional sugar and place the tines in a criss-cross fashion on top of the raw dough, pressing down to flatten the cookie a little.
Bake
- Bake for 9-10 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and set. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing the cookies to a cooling rack.
Notes
Reminder: Let the cookies set on the parchment paper on the hot baking sheet for 5 extra minutes after you take them out of the oven and before you place them on a cooling rack. The cookies will finish cooking while they cool on the hot baking sheet. For more family-favorite, tasty dessert ideas, be sure to try Molasses Snaps or my Best Blueberry Cake
Nutrition
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 111IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
