Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe (2024)

Who doesn’t love an easy peanut butter cookie? These cookies are made with just three ingredients and come together in a snap. They’re perfect for a quick snack or dessert, and they’re delicious dunked in milk or coffee!

3 ingredient peanut butter cookies

Do you love peanut butter cookies?! Me Too! That’s why we love this recipe that is only 3 ingredients and is so easy to make. You can whip up these delicious treats in minutes, no matter how busy your day gets. Plus, they are gluten free.

These cookies are the best. They’re the perfect treat for any occasion or even as a snack on-the-go. The kids will be begging you for more after one bite!

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What is the Texture of These 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These cookies do not have the same texture as traditional peanut butter cookies made with flour. That doesn’t mean you won’t love the way these cookies feel. The edges are crispy while the centers are soft, and together, the cookies will melt in your mouth.

Does it Have to Be Natural Peanut Butter?

It does not need to be natural peanut butter. You can use traditional peanut butter as well. It will just as well as the natural if that is what you have on hand.

Can I Use Crunchy Peanut Butter?

I tend to prefer the smoothness of natural peanut butter. I know a lot of people really like the crunchy peanut butter when they are making easy peanut butter cookies. You can use crunchy peanut butter when you are making these cookies if that is the kind that you prefer. You might need to add a little extra peanut butter, but it will work fine.

Can I Use a Different Type of Nut Butter?

While these are peanut butter cookies, you might want to use something different. It might be to make something different or because you need a peanut alternative. You can use almond butter or cashew butter to make these cookies. You can also try hazelnut spread or even something like sunflower butter.

How to Store Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These cookies will last for a few days on the counter, but they are best when they are fresh. If you want to store them for longer, put them in an airtight container in the fridge. They will last for up to a week this way.

How long will these cookies stay fresh?

These cookies will last for up to 3 days while stored in an airtight container. Well that is if everyone in your house can leave their hands off of them long enough for them not to disappear before they are even cool!

Can They Be Frozen?

You can bake the cookies for a few months if you want them to last longer than a few days. Freeze the cookies in an airtight container or a freezer bag. Before serving, bring them to room temperature.

Can you Freeze Peanut Butter Cookie dough?

If you are planning on making large batches of cookies, you can make the peanut butter cookie dough ahead of time and freeze it.

To freeze the cookie dough, make the dough and then roll the dough into individual cookie dough balls. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet into the freezer. Once the dough balls are frozen, remove them from the baking sheet and store in a gallon sized ziploc bag until you plan on baking the cookies.

How to Defrost Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

Place the frozen cookie dough balls in the fridge on a plate and allow the cookie dough balls to thaw gradually. Once they are defrosted bake as you would if you had made the dough fresh.

Are these cookies Gluten Free

So there is no flour in these cookies. It is only 3 ingredients. However, while that is an easy assumption to make, you want to double check the ingredient in the peanut butter. I have heard some gluten free families say that sometimes there are issues with certain peanut butters.

Can I add chocolate chips

I love peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. They might be one of my favorites. You can add chocolate chips to these cookies but you want to make sure not to add too many. If you add too many chocolate chips to the cookies, it will be difficult to make cookies to stick together.

Can They Be Vegan?

If you want to make these into vegan cookies, you can substitute the egg for egg substitute like flex egg.

Can I Use Low Carb?

So, with these cookies, you are already one step to making them low carb by not using flour. If you wanted to use a sugar substitute, like stevia, you could easily swap them. This will bring the carb count way down. Then you will only have to worry about the carbs in the peanut butter. There are ways to bring the carbs down there too by using a no sugar added natural peanut butter.

Ingredients

• 1 cup natural peanut butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup granulated white sugar

How to Make 3 Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a cookie sheet.

In a large bowl combine all the ingredients, mix well.

Roll the dough into 1 inch balls. Spray a fork with pan spray, press the cookies flat making a crossed pattern.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Let the cookies rest on the sheet pan for 5 minutes to finish cooking.

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