Peanut Butter Chews

Lisa Luo — Student

I was introduced to these cookies by my friend. She was a baker and always baked treats to share. I fell in love with these cookies from the amazing smell and the chewiness that the cookies had.I learned how to bake these and since then, I have made these cookies to share with my friends every once in a while. It has been a huge hit, no crumbs left in sight! With this simple recipe, you can enjoy it too!

Prep time: 15~20 minutes

Yield: 1 dozen-2 dozen depending on how big you make the cookies.

Peanut Butter Chews

Ingredients:

60mL butter
60mL brown sugar
60mL white sugar
60mL peanut butter
1 egg
175mL flour
3mL baking soda
1mL salt

Directions:

1. Rearrange the racks to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.

3. Add peanut butter into the butter mixture and mix well.
4. Add egg and mix.
5. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together on a utility plate
6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.

7. Roll dough into balls and coat in extra sugar

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8. Place them onto a greased baking sheet.

9. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
10. Cool the cookies on cooling racks.

To make this recipe unique, ginger or cinnamon can be added for that spicy aroma! A recipe is just a guideline for what you can create. Have some fun with it and enjoy 🙂

Click here for the printable recipe!