Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

I typed "peanut butter cookie recipes" into the search bar of my web browser and I got 66,800,000 results! 🥜 THAT is a lot of peanut butter cookie recipes.  I dove right into that peanut butter cookie recipe rabbit trail and I discovered everything from 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies to flourless versions of the sweet treat to cookies stuffed with snickers and pretzels. 😳I've got to say - they ALL sounded pretty amazing.   If you like sugar dusted, crispy peanut butter cookies or buttery soft and chewy peanut butter cookies - you're sure to find one that fits your needs.

Well google, get ready because I'm about to submit Peanut Butter Cookie recipe number 66,800,001.  I figured, why not throw one more buttery, soft, packed with peanut butter cookie recipe in with the rest? 😋This recipe came from Cook's Illustrated so you know it's been tested and perfected.  

Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 eggs
4 Tablespoons butter, melted
2 Tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup peanuts, chopped fine

Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.

Whisk together sugar, peanut butter, eggs, butter, honey and vanilla. 

Add flour mixture. 

Stir in peanuts. 

Roll dough into balls and place on on silpat lined baking sheets. Bake 12 minutes at 350.  ​

Let cookies cool 6 minutes on baking sheets before moving to a wire rack. 

You probably noticed that my peanut butter cookies don't have the trademark criss cross fork marks on the top.  I have no idea where that tradition started or why in the world people still add a hash tag.  My guess is that it's just for nostalgic purposes but I really don't see any added benefit so I usually don't add it.  What do you think?  Is a peanut butter cookie without the criss cross, still a peanut butter cookie?  

Ciao!

Click here for a printable version of this recipe