Name: Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients: 2½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup (8 ounces) salted butter, softened; 1 cup packed dark brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup extra-crunchy peanut butter; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1½ cups roasted salted peanuts, ground in a food processor to resemble breadcrumbs, or 1 cup of the packed ground peanuts.

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Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies

Author: Mary DiSomma

Back when my kids were school-age, I knew I needed to have something to appease their appetites when they came home and tumbled in the door. These crunchy, gooey treats always seemed to do the trick, and I had enough mom-sense to make sure there was always a gallon of milk ready for dunking purposes and they would always make sure to stow a few away in their lunch boxes. The combination of both extra crunchy peanut butter and ground peanuts ensures that these chewy cookies really pack a peanut butter flavor punch.

The earliest peanut butter cookie recipes date to the early 1910s. The Aztecs actually created a basic peanut butter recipe in the 14th century, but three people are generally credited with helping to create the modern form of peanut butter we enjoy today: Marcellus Gilmore Edison; Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (he of cornflake fame); and Dr. Ambrose Straub. But not, believe or not, George Washington Carver. He did come up with some 300+ other uses for peanuts!

Tips

For one thing: see those fork hash marks? They're not just for decoration. They help the cookies bake more evenly. Because peanut butter makes dense dough, it makes it harder to bake through. The criss-cross pattern helps create a soft center while maintaining crispy edges; AKA peanut cookie perfection. (For more peanut butter cookie facts, see down below!)

The earliest peanut butter cookie recipes date to the early 1910s
The Aztecs created a basic peanut butter recipe in the 14th century
Three people are generally credited with helping to create the modern form of peanut butter we enjoy today: Marcellus Gilmore Edison; Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (he of cornflake fame); and Dr. Ambrose Straub. But not, believe or not, George Washington Carver. He did come up with some 300+ other uses for peanuts though!