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Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Three ingredients if you want to go full easy mode, five if you want them to be truly great. These are thick, crumbly peanut butter cookies with that classic fork crosshatch pattern on top. They're naturally gluten-free with the short version, which is a bonus when you've got mixed dietary needs at
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings: 24 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Stir together peanut butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and baking soda until a cohesive dough forms.
  3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Press each ball down with a fork twice to create a crosshatch pattern.
  5. Bake 10-12 minutes until edges are just set — centers will look underdone but firm up while cooling.
  6. Let cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring.