Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies Baked Until the Edges Set
Prep 15 minutes · Cook 15 minutes · Total 30 minutes · Yield 26 cookies
Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies Baked Until the Edges Set keeps the shopping list focused on light brown sugar, unsalted butter softened, and egg. It serves 26 cookies.
Count on 15 minutes of prep, 15 minutes of cooking, about 30 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.
What goes in the bowl
- 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy Jif
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- Maldon salt for finishing
How the cooking goes
- Heat the oven to 325°F convection or 350°F conventional. Prepare a sheet pan with baking paper.
- Beat together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Keep it to one side.
- In the bowl of a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until the butter is fully worked through the sugar with no sandy texture remaining.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat well to combine. Add the peanut butter then mix until fully incorporated.
- Reduce speed to low and add the dry ingredients in three additions, mixing until the mix just comes together.
- Scoop the dough into portions of about ¼ cup each. Flatten each portion into a fat disk. Add a crisscross pattern with a fork if desired, but it is not required.
- Set 1 inch apart on the prepared sheet pan. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until the edges are deep gold, the centers are puffed, and the surface looks matte, not shiny.
- Cool completely on the sheet pan or on a wire rack. Finish with a pinch of Maldon salt if desired.
After it comes off the heat
Cool the sheet on a rack before the pieces are stacked. A covered tin keeps them for a few days.
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