Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut butter cookies are a classic, easy cookie recipe!  This recipe makes the perfect small batch of cookies.  We LOVE eating these peanut butter cookies while they’re still warm with a cold glass of milk!  We also love this recipe because it calls for basic ingredients that we always have on hand.

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

As a kid, I took cooking projects in 4-H that explained the basic science behind why to mix ingredients in what order and the purpose of leavening agents like baking soda and baking powder.  But let’s have a busy mom moment of honesty.  I just added all of these ingredients to the mixing bowl and turned the mixer on.  I used the cookie scoop to make balls, baked and enjoyed.

I love the stoneware baking sheet that I picked up at a friend’s Pampered Chef party a few years ago, but my mom prefers a metal sheet.

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I personally believe the key to cookie success is only baking them for 7-8 minutes until they have just began to turn golden brown on the highest points.  Burnt cookies are such a let down, so I like to take them out of the oven when they are still soft.

Collage of old fashioned peanut butter cookies are a class easy cookie recipe.

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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies taste even better when made into bar cookies.

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Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

Servings 24 cookies
Author: Jennifer
Peanut butter cookies are a classic, easy, old fashioned cookie recipe.  We also love that this makes a small batch and perfect snack with a cold glass of milk!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.  Mix ingredients together.  
  • Form balls and drop onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Use a fork to flatten a bit and make criss cross shape in the top of the cookies.  Bake for 7-10 minutes to reach desired doneness.

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 113mgPotassium: 59mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 10IUCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg

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2 Comments

  1. Kathy Best says:

    5 stars
    Hi Jennifer. I come to farm science and watch your cooking show every year .I enjoy watching you cook
    I am also a cook for a large retreat center in Palestine ohio
    I have been there for 25 years . And enjoy what I do . I done your creamy chicken pasta last weekend at work .And people loved it . Thank you so much .See you next year .Kathy Best.

    1. Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life says:

      Hello! Thanks so much for your kindness and sharing this. Your support is sincerely appreciated 🙂

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