Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, fluffy and full of creamy peanut butter with sweet sugar and a large egg, it is that simple. Only 3 Ingredients to make these deliciously desirable cookies!

Cookies are my weakness, especially if you add in peanut butter! If you love peanut butter as much as I do try this Perfectly Soft Peanut Butter Cookies, Amazing Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies or Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies (No Bake)

3 Ingredient peanut butter cookies stacked on top of each other.

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies are creamy and dreamy! Just what you are looking for to hit the cookie spot. They are so soft and moist that every bite literally melts in your mouth. There are seriously only 3 ingredients! Can you believe that?! These cookies are one of my favorites and for good reason. They are so simple to make and bake up perfectly every time. They are thick, rich and chewy. Full of peanut butter flavor and tastes so good with a big glass of cold milk. I literally make a batch of these and they are gone within minutes. I have learned quickly to double this cookie recipe and make sure that I always have some hidden for me to savor when the kids are in bed.

It is easy to double this recipe and make 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies any time you are needing a quick cookie. These are adorable and with only 3 ingredients that are a staple in the pantry and refrigerator. 3 Ingredient peanut butter cookies are light on calories and can be as low as 93 calories per cookie. These cookies are sweet and delicious. Add a drizzle of chocolate over top or some chocolate chunks to add the perfect combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Make these 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies over and over again, they are always a favorite!

Ingredients for 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies:

Yes! Only 3 ingredients for these peanut butter cookies. They are quick and easy to make and delicious warm right out of the oven. With only 3 ingredients these cookies are cooked in minutes and so delicious. Even save the cookie dough for later.

Sugar: I used white sugar for this recipe but you can also use brown sugar in replace.
Peanut Butter: Creamy is my favorite. It is rich and full of flavor.
Egg: Simply whisk a large egg together to add to the peanut butter cookie dough.

How to Make 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies:

3 Ingredient peanut butter cookies are perfect for making a quick cookie recipe at any given time. They are light, fluffy and thick, rich cookie that has the perfect peanut butter balance. Once they are cooked golden brown in oven enjoy warm with a cold glass of milk.

Mix the 3 ingredients together: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine sugar, peanut butter, and egg until smooth.
Roll the peanut butter dough: Scoop out a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball. Using a fork, make a criss cross pattern and lightly press on top of the cookie dough.
Bake the peanut butter cookie dough: Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden. Enjoy!

The process of 3 ingredient peanut butter with the 3 ingredients in one photo, peanut butter, sugar and an egg then stirred together and rolled in balls and flattened with a fork.

What is the Best Peanut Butter to Use?

A creamy peanut butter is best. Natural peanut butter or an oil free peanut butter is not best. The texture and oils turn out too be too soft and doesn’t form. Here are a few of my favorite peanut butters for this 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies.

JIF
Skippy
Peter Pan
Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter
Generic Store Brand Peanut Butter

Why Do Peanut Butter Cookies have Fork Marks on them?

The fork marks on peanut butter cookies are there to help flatten as well as design the peanut butter cookies. The 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies have more of a density because of the peanut butter texture. With the fork markings pressing down on top of the cookie dough before they are being baked help the cookies bake more evenly.

To make the fork marks, first roll the peanut butter cookie dough into a ball and place on a greased cookie sheet. Gently press down on the peanut butter cookie dough with a fork then turn the fork and press again in another direction creating an X mark with the fork. The are fluffy and chewier plus bake evenly with the help of the fork marks.

Tips for Making 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Ingredients:

White sugar: Substitute brown sugar with the white sugar or do half and half for added sweetness.
Egg: Add an extra egg for a lighter texture. Use a cookie scoop to scoop the peanut butter cookie dough since it will be stickier with the extra egg.
Chill: Place in the refrigerator for about 15 to 20 minutes once the peanut butter cookie dough is mixed together. This will help keep the cookie dough from spreading on the cookie sheet while baking.
Toppings: Add chocolate chips, chocolate chunks or drizzle warm chocolate frosting over top the 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies.
Sandwich Treat: Spread vanilla frosting or vanilla ice cream on one side of a peanut butter cookie then make a sandwich with another peanut butter cookie on the other side.
Baking: It is best not to over bake peanut butter cookies. For soft and chewy peanut butter cookies under baking them is best.

3 Ingredient peanut butter cookies baked an on a cutting board.

More Delicious Cookie Recipes:

3 Ingredient peanut butter cookie dipped in a cold glass of milk.