These easy 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, chewy, and full of classic peanut butter flavor. Made with simple pantry staples and no flour or butter, this quick cookie recipe comes together in minutes and is perfect for beginners, last-minute desserts, or whenever a peanut butter craving strikes.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword four ingredient peanut butter cookies
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 14servings
Ingredients
1cupcreamy peanut butter
¾cupbrown sugarlightly packed
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, stir together peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract until smooth.
Scoop dough using a 2-inch cookie scoop and roll into balls, then place onto the prepared baking sheet.
Flatten each ball with a fork, pressing in a criss-cross pattern. Feel free to dip the fork in sugar if needed.
Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set and the tops no longer look wet.
Allow to cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.