Best Peanut Butter Cookies
Tara Noland Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens
The very best peanut butter cookie ever!!
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Inactive Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 27 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 Cookies
Calories 121 kcal
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 Tbsp. milk
In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter and peanut butter and work mixture until it looks like a coarse meal.
Stir in syrup and milk.
Shape into a long log shape 2" wide on plastic wrap. Seal and refrigerate to chill for 1 hour. The mixture is dry but it will hold together.
Remove from refrigerator and slice about 1/4" thick and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Spread about 1/2 tsp. of peanut butter in the center of one of the cookies and cover with another slice.
With the tines of a fork seal around the edges.
Bake at 350F. for 12 min.
Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 min. then remove to a cooling rack.
Serving: 1Calories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 110mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7g
Nutrition calculation is an estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.