Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect little melt in your mouth tiny little treats, made from just four ingredients you already have in your kitchen! Fill up that cookie jar with peanut butter cookie deliciousness.
So every winter right around the holiday time, one particular cookie jar appears in my mom’s kitchen. In my family, this cookie jar means one thing and one thing only.
Little baby peanut butter cookies. They are the only cookie that ever goes in this jar.
And not just any peanut butter cookie…the best little precious peanut butter cookie you have ever tasted. Light, melt-in-your-mouth little bites of happiness.
The teenager says they are her favorite cookie in the whole wide world, and this is from a child who feels about chocolate the way I feel about bacon. So for her favorite cookie to be one that is NOT chocolate…well, you get my drift.
A couple of words of wisdom from my mom about these. First of all, they are very fragile when they are warm, so no matter how much self-control it takes, let them cool before you pick them up. Drive to another state if you need to.
Second, the recipe makes, um, 75-80 cookies. That’s because they are small little babies…you measure out the dough with a teaspoon. 75-80 may seem like a lot now, but when you turn around and they are gone, 75-80 will seem like nowhere near enough.
So there you go, perfectly perfect peanut butter cookies. Go make ’em!
Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect little melt in your mouth tiny little treats, made from just four ingredients you already have in your kitchen!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: About 75 small cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together peanut butter and sugar.
- Mix egg and baking soda. Add egg mixture to peanut butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Roll level spoonfuls of dough into balls and using a fork make slight crosshatch marks in each.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes. Cool 2-3 minutes on the cookies sheet, then on a rack. (Just slide the paper on to the rack aafter the first cooling. The cookies are very fragile when warm.)
tonje marie says
How many grams is 1 cup of peanut butter? Please answer quickly! :D love from Norway :)
Hi Norway! I think about 250 grams? But I’m not positive, so I hope this is right!
ruthie says
Do these crisp up when they cool, or are they still soft? I’m thinking about little baby sandwich cookies, maybe adding some hot curry powder to the cookies, like a peanut-y satay kind of flavor, then sandwiching them with a nice Guinness caramel sauce. Sounds weird, but I think it would be wonderful, only if the cookies get firm and crispy though.
Thanks, Kate!
Kate says
They do crisp up, but in a very delicate melt in your mouth kind of way. I think you definitely need to make and eat a test batch to see if they will work. :)
ruthie says
Oh, yes, I will do that because I love nut butters and nut butter cookies. ;) But I’m on a baby sandwich cookie kick right now, so always looking at that possibility. LOL!
Thanks, Kate
Kate says
Baby sandwich cookies – awww! :)
Rachel says
Hmm, just going to make these and wondered what a blob of jam in the middle might taste like?
Kate says
I know they have worked with a chocolate kiss in the middle, so jam could be the next great thing! Let us know if you try it, okay? :)
Jessica says
I gave them a try with jelly/jam and they were a big hit!
Kate says
Hurray! It’s like the ultimate pb&j! :)
Maja Babiฤ says
This recipe really inspired me, as I couldn’t think of cookies as flourless.
Peanut butter is not so common and usual food here in Serbia, and it is expencive. But peanuts itself are cheap. I used toasted, finely ground peanuts, and got some really nice and crispy cookies. And I blogged about them :)
Thanks fot the recipe and inspiration.
Best regards,
Maja
Kate says
How wonderful and thanks for sharing your post! :)
Rita Gylys says
These were delicious. My Mom and I made them ahead of Christmas and then had to hide them from ourselves (less there be none left for the holiday!). Thank you. Rita
Kate says
Aren’t they the best? Happy merry peanut butter!
Rachel says
Am guessing you use white sugar for these as you didn’t specify. Wonder what light brown sugar would do to the taste?
Kate says
It might make the taste a little deeper (brown sugar is basically sugar with molasses in it)…should work fine!
Nancy says
These came out great! As an added bonus, they are gluten-free, and my teenage daughter’s friend, who is on a gluten-free diet, was able to enjoy them with us. A couple of tips — I used my new non-stick Circulon baking sheets and they came out perfectly without using parchment paper. I also used an actual measuring teaspoon, one that is a little more deep than wide, to form the dough. I used one level teaspoon and popped them out of the spoon rather than forming a ball. I believe I ended up with about 75 cookies.
Kate says
How great! And thanks for the tips. :)
Ellen says
Made these last night. Just as light and delicious as you described. My husband went nuts! Has anyone made these with almond butter? Thinking of trying it. And Carrie, thanks for the doing the Kisses test! A must on the next batch.
Kate says
Hurray! Haven’t tried them with almond butter but will be great to hear if someone else has…?
Carrie says
Could you top each little cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss?
Kate says
Yes! You might want to make them a teeny bit bigger to hold the kiss. :)
Carrie says
They turned out great with and without the kisses! Thanks so much for such an easy but delicious recipe!
Kate says
And thank YOU for doing the “kisses test” for us! :)
Rachel A says
Um, yeah, those were amazing!! However, try as I might, I could only get 57 out of the batch, but boy are they delicious! I was snowed in yesterday, so they were the perfect treat to make the handsome hubby!
Kate says
Hurray! And with only 57, you’ll definitely need another batch SOON! :)
Amie says
TeeHee …. I only got 35!
You DEFINITELY need to make another batch, :)
Nancy says
I know what’s on my to do list today!
Kate says
Hope you love them – happy peanut butter holidays!
Joanne says
It’s amazing how such simple ingredients can turn into something so perfect!
Kate says
Right? Four ingredients = pure happiness. :)
Joan Kowalski says
These cookies look yummy! But is there really no flour in them?
Kate says
There really isn’t! It’s a holiday miracle. :) But seriously — just those 4 ingredients. :)
Karen Nelson says
Oh Boy… I feel some cookies coming on…!
I am with your girl… a great peanut butter
cookie like Grandma’s can’t be beat!
Kate says
I love any recipe that includes the word “Grandma” :)