Everybody Loves 'em Peanut Butter Cookies

alimel_01's Note:

These are the best peanut butter cookies I have ever had! I get more compliments on these cookies than anything I have ever made. They are everyone's favorite at my work! They love them!!! My mom was in the kitchen one day going to make cookies when she just came up with these and they are sooo good!!! Hope you love them too!

• Total Time: 14 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 dozen c ...

• ½ cup butter , softened
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsifted flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter , melted
• ¾ cup peanut butter (more if you like)
• powdered sugar , to thicken

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, and 1/4 sugar until well blended.
3. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.
6. Drop a teaspoonful of dough per cookie onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
7. Cool on cookie shee and then transfer to cooling rack.
8. Mix 1 stick of melted butter and 3/4 cup of peanut butter together.
9. Mix in powdered sugar until the mixture is thick enough to be spreadable.
10. After cookies have cooled, spread the icing on them. Store in an air tight container.
11. ENJOY!

Reviews

[Susie D]

These are good cookies; very soft & peanut buttery. I used a cookie scoop to portion onto parchment paper & found I preferred the cookies a little larger than the teaspoon size recommended. Next time I will also decrease the icing amounts as I had quite a bit left over. Thanks for sharing your recipe! I will be using it again!. Made for Spring Pick A Chef 2010.

[Chef #172123]

These are the best peanut butter cookies EVER! I couldn't stop getting compliments about them at work and when I made them for my family, they were gone in a day. The cookies are so soft and the peanut butter frosting give an extra burst of peanut buttery goodness. Definitely a must keep recipe!

[Jesse and Eliza's Mom]

AWESOME COOKIES! I made these this morning, and they turned out PERFECT. Oh, they are so good. I ended up doubling the cookie part of the recipe, but not the icing part, and there was exactly the right amount of icing then. Thanks for posting Ali...you know I've been wanting that cookie recipe forever! So glad I can make them whenever I want now :-)