Easiest Peanut butter cookies EVER
 

I came across this recipe some time ago and not only is it super easy, but the cookies are DELICIOUS.

You will need:

1 c. Peanut butter
1 c. Sugar
1 Egg

Preheat oven to 375. Mix ingredients together. On a well greased cookie sheet ( I use oil and flour... seems to be the best way for the cookies not to stick), place spoonfuls of cookie dough. Make lines with forks.

Bake for 7-10 minutes, depending on your oven.

Makes around a dozen, depending on how big your spoonfuls are.

How's that work with no flou or anything to bulk it out? Won't it just melt?

Amazingly, no. I'll make some later and take pictures to show you. Wonderful stuff, I'm telling you.

The dough is a bit sticky, but that's about it.

I've searched high and low for a good peanut butter cookie recipe - I use Betty Crocker mix because I have yet to find a good homemade version. I'll give this a try.

Sounds very easy.. I may give this a try tonight. :)

Let me know how you guys like them.

I am going to make these tonight...I shall post the results later!

Update:

I made them and son loved them. They were a tad gritty, but they had a fantastic peanut butter flavor, which is lacking in the majority of the recipes I've tried. Peanut butter cookies are my favorite...I'd have to say this recipe is a keeper!

I use a very similar recipe but it is as follows:

1 c. Peanut Butter(crunchy or smooth to your preference)
3/4 c. Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 Egg

Cook at your standard 350F oven for about 10-12 minutes or so. I wonder if this one may come out as a little less gritty.

Hmmm...I'll try a little less sugar next time. I only got one cookie...they were all gone this morning when I woke up (I think someone may have had the mary jane munchies last night)

I would use the excuse that they tasted very good. Easy enough to bake another batch.

I'm glad they were liked. :)

I haven't had a chance to make any yet. My son and I tried our hands at Banana Bread. It didn't turn out so well... lol

I'll give the peanut butter cookies a try. If your previous banana bread episode was a total disaster, check out this recipe. I've made it several times now and find it delicious. Moist with a strong banana flavor.

Make sure that you are not over mixing the batter too. It should be fairly lumpy, the ingredients evenly moistened. If you over mix the batter the bread, muffins, cupcakes etc. rather rubbery and tough.

Cernunnos...that's the recipe hubby uses when he makes banana bread. It's EXCELLENT.

I tried that one recently on Cernunnos' advice, I have to say it was definitely a keeper!:thumbsup:

I tried these tonight and I just could not get them to cook right. They seemed too doughy or overdone, I never found a happy middle. I may give it another shot next weekend.

When you pull them out of the oven they should still be somewhat soft but easy enough to remove without having them fall apart completely. If you do it this way you will have a nice soft cookie, not too chewy but definitely well cooked. That was why in the recipe I posted I had the longer cooking time, I honestly think that my oven temps could be a little off though. It can be hard to judge with this recipe just the right amount of firmness, they won't be crisp when you pull them out.

My friend makes these cookies and they look and taste just like excellent, normal PB cookies.

Very good cookie!
Next batch, we'll add the vanilla... and maybe just a little less sugar.

thats the recipe I learned Home Ec in middle school. I showed it to my mom and I think she is still using it almost 20 years later.

yep i found this recipe too and the cookies are surprisingly delicious.

I finally got around to baking them AND taking a picture. 8 minutes was perfection for mine.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../092208003.jpg

This is the recipe that we use at home, it really works out because half of my family has Celiac Sprue, so we are allergic to the flour.

Yum. I may try them this weekend. It's cold out here!