These soft peanut butter cookies are incredibly easy to make. Simple ingredients lead to a perfectly chewy homemade cookie!

Homemade soft peanut butter cookies on a plate

Is there anything better than a soft, chewy cookie warm right out of the oven? Add in a glass of milk and I’m sold.

While I love a good chocolate chip cookie or even a fun fruity cookie like lemon or raspberry, a peanut butter cookie is the way to my heart.

Ingredients

I’d be willing to bet you already have most of these ingredients on hand in your pantry or refrigerator.

Butter – I usually say to use unsalted butter, but there is no added salt to this soft peanut butter cookie recipe, so using salted butter is fine.
Peanut butter – I personally like using creamy peanut butter, but you can certainly use crunchy or chunky peanut butter if you like a crunch to your cookie.
White sugar – White granulated sugar is all you need. We add it to the cookie dough itself, as well as rolling the dough in sugar before baking.
Brown sugar – You will want to make sure this is packed. You can use either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar for more of a molasses flavor.
Eggs – I always prefer to bake with room temperature eggs. Always assume a recipe is calling for large eggs.
Vanilla – I like to use a good quality vanilla extract for this recipe. But of course you can have whatever you have on hand.
Flour – All purpose flour is what holds these soft chewy peanut butter cookies together.
Baking powder and baking soda – Both of these act as leaveners for these cookies. They help to make the soft.

Chewy homemade peanut butter cookies on blue napkin in bowl

How to Make the Best Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

You will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to make these delicious cookies.

Prepare oven and sugar. Preheat the oven and spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray. Pour sugar Into a wide bowl or dinner plate.
Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars. In the bowl of a stand mixture, cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla. Then add the eggs, one at a time, then mix in vanilla.
Add baking soda and powder. Sprinkle the baking powder and baking soda over and mix in thoroughly.
Add flour and chill dough. Stir in the flour until the batter is evenly combined. Chill the dough.
Roll dough in sugar. Roll the dough into balls, roll in sugar, place on cookie sheet. Flatten each one slightly using a fork, making a criss-cross on the top.
Bake. Bake until golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on wire rack.

Close Up picture of easy homemade peanut butter cookies

Change it Up!

There are plenty of ways for you to make these soft peanut butter cookies your own. Here are a few suggestions.

Chocolate – There are several ways you can add some chocolate to these cookies. You can mix in some chocolate chip or even add a Hershey Kiss on top to make a peanut butter blossom.
Coconut – Adding a little coconut to this dough will make a big difference to the chewy texture of these cookies!
Double it up – I promise you are going to love these cookies, so you might want to make a double batch. It’s a great recipe to share with friends too.

Soft Peanut Butter Cookies on a white plate

Storage and Freezing

How to Store Soft Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

To keep these cookies nice and soft, I recommend storing them in an airtight container or freezer bag. You can also keep a slice of bread in the container to keep them extra soft.

Freezing This Soft Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Freezing cookies is my favorite! Store them in an airtight container of freezer bag. You can also freeze the dough. Roll into balls prior to freezing for easy cooking.

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