3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Three ingredients, a few minutes, and one bowl are all you need for flavorful, warm 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies! You will absolutely love how easy and tasty these flourless peanut butter cookies are.

This recipe is a little bit of a miracle! First because it has so few ingredients, and second because it’s so DELICIOUS! Just 3 simple things create the most wonderful, comforting, classic 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies you’ll ever try. They’re naturally flourless and free of gluten and dairy, so it’s a perfect treat for friends with dairy or wheat allergies!

We also love that this is an easy peanut butter cookie recipe that little kids can help with. The ingredients and measurements are simple and forgiving, it only requires one bowl, and no mixer is needed!

Ingredients in 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

You know the last day before you make a trip to the grocery store, when the kitchen feels pretty empty but you’re still craving something sweet and homemade? That’s when this recipe swoops in to save the day! You only need 3 things, and it’s so simple that you can probably memorize it right away:

• 1 cup of peanut butter - We liked using all-natural peanut butter! Many recipes suggest using a more processed brand, but we had great success with natural. Smooth peanut butter from a newly opened jar works best!
• ½ cup light brown sugar - The molasses in brown sugar gives amazing flavor to these cookies, making it a better option than white granulated sugar! Most recipes call for a whole cup of white sugar, we think ½ cup gives these peanut butter cookies just the right sweetness.
• 1 egg

Mix it all together, shape the dough into balls, and flatten them with a fork in a criss-cross pattern. That’s it!

Nut-Free 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

To make a nut-free peanut butter cookie, substitute sunflower butter for the peanut butter. You could also easily use cashew or almond butter if that’s what you have in the pantry!

Variations on a Simple Peanut Butter Cookie

We did a little experimenting with our pan of cookies! We had to see just what would make the best peanut butter cookies.

• We made a couple with chocolate chips on top
• Some got a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar
• A few got a sprinkle of sugar
• We left some rolled into balls, not flattened
• We left some without toppings and flattened them into a traditional peanut butter cookie shape

The best one? Surprisingly, the plain ones that stayed in a ball! They had the best, moist texture that we really enjoyed. Of course, you can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter, but the plain cookies really let the peanut butter flavor shine and in our opinion they were the best ones.

How Long to Bake 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Be sure NOT to over-bake the cookies! Take them out of the oven before they turn golden. Remember that they’ll bake for a little bit on the pan, and you want the middles to remain soft.

How to Store Peanut Butter Cookies

Keep any leftover homemade peanut butter cookies in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 5 days. You could also pop them in the freezer for a delicious frozen cookie treat!

More Peanut Butter Recipes

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Tart
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Chocolate & Peanut Butter Salted Mousse
• Peanut Butter Banana Vegan Hot Chocolate

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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

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5 from 8 reviews

• Author: Vicky & Ruth
• Total Time: 17 minutes
• Yield: 15 1x
• Diet: Gluten Free

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Three ingredients, a few minutes, and one bowl are all you need for flavorful, warm 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies! You will absolutely love how easy and tasty these flourless peanut butter cookies are.

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Ingredients

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• 1 Cup all-natural peanut butter, preferably from a newly opened and well stirred jar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 egg

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Line one large baking sheet with parchment paper 
3. In a bowl add all the ingredients and mix well with a spoon.  
4. You'll need to mix everything really well for a minute or two until it becomes a smooth dough.  The more you mix the smoother the dough.
5. Take 1 ½ tablespoons of cookie dough and roll into a ball.  We used a 1 ½ tablespoon ice cream scoop. Flatten each ball with a fork making a criss cross pattern. You can also leave the cookies balls. ( See Notes)
6. Place the cookies in the prepared baling sheet.
7. Bake for 12 minutes.  Let the cookies cool completely before handling them.

Notes

1. You can sprinkle some sugar, cinnamon sugar or add some chocolate chips to the cookies if you like some variations.

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 12
• Category: Cookies
• Method: Baking
• Cuisine: American

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 cookie
• Calories: 135
• Sugar: 8.9
• Sodium: 9.7
• Fat: 9.2
• Saturated Fat: 1.9
• Unsaturated Fat: 7
• Trans Fat: 0
• Carbohydrates: 11.1
• Fiber: .9
• Protein: 4.2
• Cholesterol: 0

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