Indulge in the nostalgia of these classic bakery-style Peanut Butter Cookies, where each delectable bite takes you back to childhood. These soft, chewy cookies boast a rich, buttery base, perfectly balanced with the nutty creaminess of high-quality organic peanut butter.

If you're looking for more peanut butter cookies, try some of my other favorites like my Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Sesame Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookie Pies, or my Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cookies.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Baked to golden perfection, the Peanut Butter Cookies offer a delicate, chewy texture that gives way to a melt-in-your-mouth experience. Every cookie is generously adorned with a sprinkle of cane sugar on top, adding a delightful crunch to the velvety goodness within. Whether enjoyed with a cold glass of milk or savored on their own, these bakery-style Peanut Butter Cookies will satisfy your peanut butter craving!

My only memories of eating peanut butter cookies are the ones in our County Fair when my mom was too hungry herself to shop without a treat. I just reaped the benefits, and it was the only time we ever had peanut butter cookies.

The grocery store bakery at County Fair always dusted their peanut butter cookies with sugar. And I have adopted this addition, and I do it on all of my peanut butter cookies! I feel this adds a little extra texture to the creaminess and sweetness of the peanut butter cookie, and that the cookie would be completely wrong without it.

Tips for Making the Best Peanut Butter Cookies

• Use soft butter. I cannot stress this enough, soft butter is key. I like to leave butter out on the counter overnight so it softens at room temperature, because that is the best way to soften butter – naturally. If you must microwave it, then microwave it for 10 seconds at a time.

• Use dark brown sugar. This is crucial for more flavor and a richer peanut butter cookie. If you have my book, Cookies for Everyone, I have a recipe in there to make your own dark brown sugar.

• Use smooth organic peanut butter. Many recipes will tell you not to use natural peanut butter as it's “creamier” with the bad stuff. I don't believe this for a second. You can make anything creamy if you stir it properly. Just make sure you are using a smooth peanut butter and not a crunchy one. I like to use peanut butter with only 2 ingredients – peanuts and sea salt. There are many organic peanut butters on the market with just these 2 ingredients, and they all taste different. Find a peanut butter that you like the flavor of as this is the flavor that your cookies will have. One of my favorite peanut butters is Organic Smuckers.

• It is important to not overmix your peanut butter cookie dough when you are using a natural peanut butter. Because a natural peanut butter can separate, this can also happen with your cookie dough if it's overmixed. This is difficult to do, but that doesn't mean I haven't seen it happen before with staff in the bakery when they legit just forgot they had the mixer going. So, you should not be worried about this, but it's also a tip to not leave your mixer mixing and walk away from it. Mix your dough until it comes together and there are no chunks of flour and you have a smooth dough, then stop. It's that simple.

• Make sure to add the dusting of cane sugar on top of your cookies immediately after they come out of the oven. The sugar will stick to the cookies when they are hot, and if you forget this step while they are hot and try to add it when they have already cooled, the sugar will just fall off. It's the littlest thing, but sometimes the littlest thing can make a huge difference in the recipe! They are not the same without the sugar on top, in my opinion!

Why Organic

Why use organic ingredients in this recipe? You all know I’m a huge organic advocate, and I bet you may be thinking sometimes, Why would I even bother to use organic ingredients in something that is so sweet and indulgent? But, that is the exact reason why you should use organic ingredients! Sweet things need to have flavor in order to be good, otherwise they are just sweet and they don’t taste like much else. Organic ingredients are more pure than conventional ones, therefore they actually have more flavor than the non organic options. Say it with me, organic means more flavor! And not just more flavor but a more true and pure flavor. And organic ingredients are much healthier for you to eat in general as they do not contain GMOs or anything artificial. Plus, you are being environmentally friendly when you choose organic ingredients!

So, I highly recommend that you buy the best organic ingredients for this recipe! You can also shop my Amazon Storefront for all my favorite organic ingredients here. Tip – hover over each ingredient to see the name. And if you want to learn more about organic foods and the difference, read my post here on Food Labels and What They Mean.