Giant Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipes

CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add in peanut butter and mix for 1-2 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla. Mix until combined and clump free.
• Add in flour, salt and baking soda and mix just until combined. Make sure not to overmix.
• Scoop out dough and portion into 16 cookie dough balls. Add sugar to a small bowl and roll each cookie in the sugar and place onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Using a fork flatten cookies slightly then turn and do the opposite direction to get a crisscross pattern.
• Bake cookies for 10 minutes until lightly golden brown and firm on the edges. Remove from the oven and let set for 3-4 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.

CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugars, peanut butter, and shortening. Add baking soda to the hot water. Add to mixture. Stir well.
• Stir in the eggs. Add the flour. Roll dough into balls.
• Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet. Press with fork dipped in water to make criss-cross design. Bake at 350 - 375 degrees F (175 - 190 degrees C) for about 8-10 minutes.

GIANT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• In large bowl, combine sugars, margarine, peanut butter, vanilla and egg; beat well.
• Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well.
• If you are making the large cookies, it helps to chill the dough for an hour or so at this point, before shaping. It seems to make a firmer cookie--less likely to break. If you aren't concerned about that, you can skip this step.
• Shape about 1/4 cup dough (for 3-inch cookie) into a ball and place 4 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet (6 per sheet).
• Bake at 375° for 13-16 minutes.
• Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on wire rack.

GIANT CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk melted butter and both sugars.
• Whisk in eggs and vanilla til blended.
• Stir in peanut butter.
• In smaller bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir into butter mixture.
• Stir in peanuts.
• With a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop out dough, shape into balls. Makes 24 - 4" cookies.
• Place on parchment lined cookie sheets 2" apart.
• Flatten gently into 3" rounds.
• Bake in 375° oven for 12-14 minutes. Til light golden brown around edges but still slightly soft.
• Slide parchment paper onto wire rack to cool.
• Make criss-cross fork indentations on top of cookies for a more traditional look.

GIANT MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream peanut butter, butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, baking soda, vanilla and corn syrup. Add oats and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and M&M's. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls 3 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 14-18 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

SOFT AND CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk set aside.
• In a large bowl, blend sugars, using an electric mixer set at medium speed. Add butter, and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping the sides of the bowl. Add eggs, peanut butter and vanilla and mix at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed until just mixed.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. With a wet fork gently press cookies in a crisscrossed pattern. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until slightly brown along edges.

GIANT PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Combine flour, soda and salt.
• In mixer, beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
• Beat in vanilla and egg.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Measure out 1/4 cups of dough and place on ungreased cookie sheet (4 cookies per sheet--these are big cookies) Cut each peanut butter cup into 4 pieces and push 8 pieces into top of each cookie, flattening the dough a bit.
• Bake until cookies are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• (The centers will still be a bit pale and soft).
• Let cookies cool for at least 1 minute on baking sheet before moving them to rack to cool.