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Small Batch Peanut Butter Cookies

Ania
These one bowl small batch peanut butter cookies makes 4 large chewy cookies! It’s the perfect recipe to bake when you only need a few cookies and not an entire dozen. They are soft cookies full of peanut butter. No chilling required!
5 from 3 votes

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C and line two baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Melt the butter over low heat. Once melted, remove from heat and cool while you prep the rest of your ingredients.
    1/4 cup butter
  • In a large bowl, whisk in the cooled melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for one minute until combined.
    1/3 cup dark brown sugar, 1 tbsp white sugar
  • Add in egg yolk, vanilla, and peanut butter, and continue whisking.
    1/3 cup peanut butter, 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp vanilla
  • Add in flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until a soft dough forms. Be careful not to over mix.
    1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt
  • Scoop 4 cookies onto your prepared baking tray. Sprinkle extra sugar on top (optional, but recommended).
    extra white sugar to sprinkle on cookies
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are slightly golden brown. Sprinkle flakey sea salt once removed from oven.
    flakey sea salt
  • Cool the cookies, and enjoy!