3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies – If you know our family, you know we have a bunch of kids – all boys, and they all like to cook. And bake. And eat. Once again, we thought it would be fun to have the Platter Talk Kids put something together. These 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies seem to fit the bill, deliciously.
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3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
We’ve featured our boys in a number of posts, in the past. I came across these 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies while working on a piece for Mode Media, Easy Recipes to Start Your Kids Cooking at an Early Age.
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I’m declaring these 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies a miracle cookie. They are simple enough for a kid to make and truly, perfectly wonderful, all with just 3 ingredients! (OK, the boys added a cap full of vanilla extract.) Like all recipes, make it your own!
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It’s not necessary to be a kid, to make these 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies. It is definitely not necessary to be a kid to enjoy them. How can such a cookie not be a miracle? Enjoy this one! -Dan
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir the ingredients together until smooth.
- Scoop onto a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet. (Roll into 1" balls with your hands, if you do not have a scoop.)
- Press down with the back of a fork and then press again from the opposite direction, to form the criss-cross pattern on top
- Bake for 12 minutes and allow to rest on baking sheet, 1 to 2 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
My cousin-in-law, whose culinary judgements I regard as second only to The Barefoot Contessa, recommended these to me. I haven’t yet tried them, but clearly I should!
This short list of ingredients is crazy. I want to make them too! Dave is a HUGE peanut butter cookie monster so this has been Pinned. Great pics of the kids too. 🙂
Strange, but when I try to Pin I get 3 other recipe pics?
Peanut butter cookies are one of my favorites – I love this 3 ingredient version, but I could seriously get into trouble with these. I wouldn’t want to share because I’d eat them all with a tall glass of cold milk 🙂
How simple is that recipe to a) have the ingredients and b) to remember! I must make a batch, although we never have enough PB as I have a habit of spooning it directly from the jar!
I have the same habit, Helen. Which is one of the reasons we usually have at least three jars of the stuff in our pantry! Thank you for commenting on this Platter Talk recipe!
I can’t wait until my little guy is able to help in the kitchen – these are perfect easy, beginner cookies.
I can’t wait for him to be old enough either, Julie! You two will have such a great time together in the kitchen; I promise. Thanks so much for stopping by Platter Talk.
THREE ingredients?! that’s amazing! they came out so perfect. Could be seriously dangerous at my house.
Live dangerously, Kylee! You can’t go wrong with this cookie recipe. Thanks so much for dropping by Platter Talk.
These are my favorite cookies, just in time for fall!
Thanks, Derek. We hope you’ll give them a try and sure appreciate you stopping by Platter Talk!
I love a good 3 ingredient recipe, but I would never have guessed you could make cookies from peanut butter, sugar and just one egg! I’m definitely trying this… at least I always have the ingredients at home.
How long to bake this, I don’t want to mess these up. Thanks , Marie Goodson
Thanks for this important question! Bake for about 12 minutes and then allow to rest for a minute or two on the baking sheet, before transferring to cooling rack. These peanut butter cookies will not spread and in the unlikely case of any leftovers, be sure to store them in an air-tight container.
Haha, I know exactly what you mean. I have four kids and they loooooove cookies and to make them too! This recipe will be perfect for them, easy tasty and only 3 ingredients!!
These might just be the ultimate cookie, one of my favorites.
I’ve made cookies like this before and I’m always amazed at how easy they are! This is my go-to when I don’t have a lot in the pantry but I’m craving fresh cookies!
What sorcery is this!!!! That’s all you need to make cookies???? What a fun project this would be with kids!!! Brilliant!
Love simple desserts like these! And peanut butter cookies are always a winner.
The best peanut butter cookie I have ever had! I substituted with brown sugar for a more chewy experience.
Thanks so much for the feedback! We hope you find many more enjoyable recipes here on Platter Talk!
So yummy!!
We baked these last night,they were delicious but too sweet. I would definitely cut back on the sugar the next time. Great recipe though.
Thanks for the great feedback!