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4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are so easy to make and are loaded with peanut butter flavor.

They are thick flourless cookies and only take one bowl. This cookie recipe makes just 8 small cute as a button cookies perfect for 2 – 4 people.

Peanut Butter Cookies on a cookie sheet.
Small Batch Peanut Butter Cookies

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How to make 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a bowl or a stand mixer, mix together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, and jumbo egg yolk until smooth.

Peanut Butter Cookie dough mixed in a bowl.

Divide into 8 equal portions of cookie dough, about 1” each.

Use your hands to roll them into balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.

Peanut Butter Cookie balls on a baking sheet.

Press down with the tines of a fork one time, just enough to make an impression, on each cookie dough ball.

Peanut Butter Cookies pressed with fork tines on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes.

Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Peanut Butter Cookies cooling on a wire rack.

Serve and enjoy!

Peanut Butter Cookies on parchment lined cookie sheet.
Four Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Store in an airtight container.

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Peanut Butter Cookies on parchment lined cookie sheet.

4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are so easy to make with just 4 ingredients and are loaded with peanut butter flavor. They are thick flourless cookies and only take one bowl. Ready in 30 minutes!
4.64 from 11 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cool Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Small Cookies
Calories 154 kcal

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 jumbo egg yolk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a bowl or a stand mixer, mix together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, and jumbo egg yolk until smooth.
  • Divide into 8 equal portions of cookie dough, about 1” each.
  • Use your hands to roll into balls and place on the prepared cookie sheet.
  • Press down with the tines of a fork one time, just enough to make an impression, on each cookie dough ball.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

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Notes

  • Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 154kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 72mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 32IUCalcium: 17mgIron: 0.4mg
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Peanut Butter Cookies on a small baking sheet.
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe is also on my other site Zona's Lazy Recipes and makes 1 dozen.

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