The Sparkliest Cookies
Peanut butter crinkle cookies are a fun and simple changeup from classic peanut butter cookies. My recipe makes thin and chewy, soft and irresistible peanut butter cookies with satisfying crinkly crackles throughout the surface (similar to snickerdoodles or chocolate crinkle cookies!). They have a great peanut butter flavor and a frosty sugar coating that’s just so pretty. I love this recipe because it’s easy to make (it does involve some chilling though) and uses ingredients you’ll already have on hand. It’s also so much fun to make with kids–as you’ll see if you take a peek at the video in the recipe card 🙃
Why make my recipe:
Quick chilling time–just 30 minutes!Unique flavor and texture combination.Can be made in advance.Uses just a handful of simple ingredients.EASY!
What You Need
You need just 11 basic ingredients to make these cookies! Here are a few of them in detail.
Butter. For best results, use unsalted butter and make sure it’s softened (but not so soft that it’s melty or oily) before you start. If you only have salted butter, reduce the salt in the recipe to ½ teaspoon.Brown sugar. Typically I like to use light brown sugar in most of my cookie recipes, but we’re opting for dark brown sugar here for a rich flavor and super chewy texture. The subtle molasses flavor pair surprisingly beautifully with the peanut butter (I initially worried they’d clash) and makes the peanut butter crinkle cookies utterly irresistible.Peanut butter. Use regular peanut butter, not the “natural” kind that separates. Natural peanut butter just doesn’t mesh well with most of the baked goods on my website, unfortunately (mega-unfortunately, considering it’s my preferred peanut butter for any other use).Coarse sugar. For rolling, we’ll use a coarse sugar like turbinado or sanding sugar. If you don’t have either on hand, plain granulated sugar will also work.
SAM’S TIP: This recipe will work best if your eggs are at room temperature before starting. If you forgot to set yours out in advance (or don’t have much patience) check out my how to quickly bring eggs to room temperature post for a few tips on how to do this! Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies
SAM’S TIP: Make sure your cookie sheets are completely cool before adding your next batch of cookie dough! Placing cookie dough on a hot cookie sheet will cause the dough to start cooking and spread too much. Today’s video has some funny bloopers featuring Luke, so if you need a laugh, definitely give it a watch (and make sure you watch through the end!) 😆 Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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