Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

5 from 2 votes

These are the best chewy peanut butter cookies! They're soft, loaded with peanut butter flavor and chopped peanuts, and are so easy to make.

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Cookies, Dessert, Holidays

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 298kcal

Author: Britney

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the dry ingredients. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together for 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and then vanilla extract and cream for an extra minute.
Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Then add the chopped peanuts and fold into the batter.
Use a medium cookie scoop (about 2 ½ tablespoons) to scoop out cookies and roll into a ball. Place balls of dough onto a sheet pan spaced about 3 inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven and bang on the counter to slightly deflate them. Then continue to bake for another 1-2 minutes, until the centers puff up again.
Allow the baked cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then allow them to cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy your traditional peanut butter cookies with a large glass of milk.

Measure your flour properly! If you're not sure how to do this, here's an article on how to properly measure flour.
When combing your wet and dry ingredients, be sure to mix until just combined to avoid overmixing the batter.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed so that all of the ingredients mix together evenly throughout the cookie dough.
Avoid using a natural peanut butter for this recipe. Natural creamy peanut butter tends to be too oily and will make the cookies very greasy. Jif or Skippy are best for the perfect peanut butter cookies!