What family doesn’t love to have a batch of fresh cookies sitting on the counter? If you are a busy working parent like we are, chances are there’s little time for such luxuries from your kitchen. Stop right there! These 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Putter Cookies might be just the answer you’re looking for.
You’ll love how this easy cookies recipe can fill a plate in under 30 minutes!
3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
An easy cookies recipe for kids!
These sweet peanut butter cookies are a favorite recipe of our readers.
We’ve featured our boys in a number of posts, in the past. They are great cooks and bakers and 2 of our 6 boys are thinking they want to go into the culinary field. No big surprise here. This is such an easy cookies recipe for kids, it seems like a natural choice for whenever they are in the mood to bake. Which is pretty often!
Do your kids like to help out in the kitchen? This is a great recipe to get them started.
There’s only 3 Ingredients for these wonderful little cookies!
Sugar
Peanut Butter
Egg
We like to add a little vanilla in with the recipe, but who’s counting?! Also, these peanut butter cookies are plenty sweet. You can easily cut back on the sugar (mabye by half) and you’ll find they are still delicious and great for dunking.
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! Like all recipes, make this one your own!
Is there anything better than dunking a fresh cookie out of the oven? If so, we want to hear it!
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
3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla optional
Instructions
- 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!
Do it!! They are amazing!
I’ve got to agree with her on this one!
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 🙂
Lol
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.
By far my favorite pb cookie recipe!
I make them into PB sandwich cookies!! They don’t last long in this house.
What a delicious and decadent idea, Cheryl! Thanks for commenting and thanks for reading 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!
I love that these are gluten free, easy to make and delicious.
Thanks, Melisa!
Can you use natural peanut butter with the same results?
I’m sure you can, Brenda, and that sounds like a wonderful hack! Let us know how they turn out.
Just found this easy almost too good to be true recipe…lol..can’t wait to try it so I’m doing it now for my guy whose fave cookie is the peanut butter kiss cookie….his mom always made them …sadly she’s passed ….and now that tradition falls on me….mama raised such a wonderful man and I’m blessed to have him so I wNt to take good care and make his mama in heaven happy..I’ll let u know…happy holidays…
We’re happy that you found this recipe and our food site! Please let us know how these turn out!
I only have crunchy peanut butter.. will that work?
Crunchy peanut butter is always my first choice. I’m sure it would work well!
Can a flax egg be substituted for the egg?
Great question, Sue. I would give it a try; please let us know the results.
What about brown sugar instead of regular sugar and would it be the same amount? Also why no butter or flour ?
We’ve never tried brown sugar but I think it would work (and taste great). There is no butter and no flour in this recipe because neither are needed, making this a great dessert for people who can’t eat flour and keeping it simple at the same time. Give them a try, you’ll be amazed at how great they taste! Thank you very much for the great questions and we appreciate having you as one of our readers.
I made these last Sunday night since hubby wanted something sweet at 7:30 and loves peanut butter cookies. These were in the oven 10 minutes later and he was enjoying them a few minutes later. A great recipe, requiring just a few ingredients, which I always have on hand. I did add the vanilla. They are sweet so next time I will cut down the sugar just a bit and see how they come out. Definitely a go-to recipe and I like that they don’t make a big batch.
Thanks for the great comments, Margaret. You’re right, they are sweet and cutting back on the sugar is a very good idea. Thanks a million for taking the time to send us a comment and especially for reading Platter Talk. We hope you will come back often and please share the love with your friends!