4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies – Deliciously soft, thick, and chewy peanut butter cookies that are loaded with flavour, and are only made from four simple ingredients!
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter lovers, I have the recipe for you. Today, I bring you my 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies – yep, you only need four simple ingredients to make them.
These soft and chewy cookies only require a few simple ingredients – peanut butter, sugar, one large egg, and a little vanilla extract. They take 5 – 10 minutes to throw together, and about 10 minutes in the oven.
These really are the easiest cookies you’ll ever make, and they are absolutely delicious!
Looking for more simple cookies to make? Check out my Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies, Melting Moments (Butter Cookies), and Homemade Gingernut Cookies.
Ingredients you’ll need
Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make these cookies. You can find my recipe card at the bottom of this post for the complete list with their amounts.
- Smooth peanut butter: Try using crunchy peanut butter for added… crunch!
- Caster/granulated sugar
- Large egg
- Vanilla extract
How to make 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
To make these cookies, grab a large mixing bowl, and mix together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until completely combined, and a big ball of dough is formed.
Using a small cookie scoop (about 1oz per ball), scoop the dough onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Dip a fork in sugar, and lightly flatten each cookie, making a criss-cross pattern.
Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned. The cookies will be super soft, but they will firm up as they cool.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
The printable recipe card with the full list of ingredients, their measurements, and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.
NOTE: For best results, I highly recommend using the gram measurements (with a digital scale), rather than the cup measurements. Cup measurements are simply not accurate enough, and I cannot guarantee the best results if you use them.
These 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are:
- so quick and easy to throw together
- deliciously thick, soft and chewy
- LOADED with peanut butter flavour
- the best easy cookies for PB lovers!
How long will these cookies last? These cookies will stay fresh, kept in an airtight container, at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Want freshly-baked cookies every time? Cookie dough balls can be kept in the fridge for up to 5 days, or frozen for up to 3 months. Bake straight from frozen.
Tried this recipe?
If you try this recipe, let us know! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag me on Instagram and hashtag it #simplybakeblog. I’d love to see!
More peanut butter recipes to try!
- Rolo Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
- No-Bake Peanut Butter Coconut Balls by Beaming Baker
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Originally Published: July, 2017 | Updated: November, 2019
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (250g) smooth peanut butter
- ¾ cup (150g) caster/granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4, and line a baking tray with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until completely combined and a big ball of dough is formed.
- Using a small cookie scoop (about 1oz per ball), scoop the dough onto the prepared baking tray. Dip a fork in sugar, and lightly flatten each cookie, making a criss-cross pattern.
- Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned. The cookies will be super soft, but they’ll firm up as they cool.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made these cookies this morning
They came out perfect. Will definitely make them again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I’m a big fan of this cookie. Excellent and easy cookie to make when you have that craving for something sweet. Easy to adapt and make it keto just by replacing sugar with substitute. I even used unrefined raw sugar. You can use crunchy PB or smooth, or even another nut butter.
Mine are delicious but falling apart. I did use only 1/2 cup of sugar and only baked for 10 minutes.
You’re right. Easy to make and they are GREAT!
Just made these with my grandson. Delicious and so easy to make!
These tasted great – just the right amount of sweetness! My only challenge was that the cookies, even after cooling thoroughly, crumbled so easily… one easy bite was enough to make them fall apart very easily! Any idea what I may have done incorrectly in the process?
Hi Beau! I’m sorry, I’m not sure why these cookies would crumble easily, I make them all the time. Make sure to fully combine all ingredients, the mixture can be a bit tough to mix depending on the peanut butter. Also, make sure not to over-bake.
Sorry I wasn’t much help! Enjoy! 🙂
I just found your blog through FoodYub and I’ve had a look at some of your cookie recipes and now I want to make them all !
This one especially is going on my to try list !
I’ll go have a look at your other recipes now 😉
Thank you for the lovely comment! I hope you enjoy my recipes 🙂
I just made these and they are delicious! I really didn’t think that they could be that good without flour and they are THAT GOOD! 😉 They were also ridiculously simple to make. Thanks for my new go to peanut butter cookie recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoy them! 😀
Do you use sweetened peanut butter?
When you say “peanut butter lover,” you’re totally talking to me right?? 😉 You know I love ALL of your PB recipes (just a bit more than your other recipes) bc of my PB LOVE! These cookies could not look more perfect. Also, it’s amazing and wonderful that these beauties are made with just 4 ingredients! Pinned, of course. Hugs!
Thanks, Demeter! And of course 😉 xo
Just love these! My mom has made them for years. No flour – so great – gluten free!
Oh my yum!!!
Easy, breezy Cover Girl cookies =)
Thank you!
Jett