5 Ingredients or Fewer
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Recipe by: Emma Laperruque
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36 Reviews
Levie
June 14, 2023
Wanted to give this recipe a go....I love it!!! Not too sweet and not bland either. I used Jif Natural Cream PB, Smuckers Apricot Preserves, and eggs. I baked them only for 15 mins. They turned our perfect. I even had enough dough leftover to make a small mug cake, which I microwaved for 1 minute. Yum! Thank you for the great recipe!❤️
Lollyd
June 18, 2022
I made these cookie and they were awful! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY! The cookies went straight to the trash can.
Aditi
May 30, 2022
Made this with natural crunchy peanut butter (without salt and sugar) and orange marmalade. I did cheat and add a little brown sugar (~2 tbsp), some salt, and almond extract in the batter because so many reviews spoke about them being bland. I also had to add some rice flour and chilled the batter because it was so loose and wouldn't otherwise form cookies. As it is, they came out like puddles, not balls. They turned out pretty tasty, but the texture was a little odd, as some reviewers noted - sort of bouncy/rubbery, with a shiny top. I guess they were okay as an experiment, but I probably prefer PB cookies with flour.
Suzy
March 10, 2022
You really need to use good peanut butter. A peanut butter that really tastes like peanut butter. Some do not. Also, I found they got better as the days went on. The jam flavor comes out more and the texture improves. I even froze some and they got even better also, after thawing.They just don't taste so great right out of the oven. I love them. I'm going to try the recipe with sugar free jam and see if I can make a low-carb version.
Cathryn L.
January 13, 2022
Made them to take nextdoor to a neighbor’s visiting grandchild. SO glad I tasted them first. Awful! My question is: how can I use them for something else? I cannot bring myself to just throw them away. Seriously - ideas anyone? I thought about mixing into a pie crust but the only recipe I see online uses only 1/4 cup of PB.
monika
December 1, 2021
My hubbie and I love this recipe, such a quick easy Saturday morning treat with coffee! We use Almond instead of Peanut Butter and Blueberry or Marmalade jam.
Thank you for this, we make them regularly!
Thank you for this, we make them regularly!
iamann
September 22, 2021
Made these last night. Sorry to say, but these are the worst cookies I ever made. Had to throw them out. Biggest waste of ingredients ever.
Slim E.
May 20, 2021
These are good IF you don't add two eggs. First time made exactly as written and they were cakey, bland and weirdly textured. Not very chewy and it was so weird how there was no flavor even with a all that salty peanut butter. (Used Smuckers Natural and Apricot Jam)
IF YOU MAKE IT ADD ONE EGG! Then you will get a chewy, more flavorful cookie. I hate to write this review, but the recipe definitely needs work. Also 325-235 is more ideal than 350 IMO, less burning on bottom.
Overall, even with modifications, I personally wouldn't make again. I was really looking forward to this recipe as it looked so amazing but personally I would just make the Ovenly recipe. Interesting concept though, and with mods it is a solid cookie. Maybe some salt on top and 2 tsp vanilla in the batter!
IF YOU MAKE IT ADD ONE EGG! Then you will get a chewy, more flavorful cookie. I hate to write this review, but the recipe definitely needs work. Also 325-235 is more ideal than 350 IMO, less burning on bottom.
Overall, even with modifications, I personally wouldn't make again. I was really looking forward to this recipe as it looked so amazing but personally I would just make the Ovenly recipe. Interesting concept though, and with mods it is a solid cookie. Maybe some salt on top and 2 tsp vanilla in the batter!
Bea
April 24, 2021
Hi, I just made your cookies. 16 oz Jif PB, 13 oz Smuckers Strawberry preserves. 2 eggs well beaten then added. 325’ because of the dark pan for 17 mins. A touch of salt flakes.Perfect texture and a medium gold bottom. Thank you!
Starmade
March 26, 2021
Used regular store brand crunchy pb and marmalade, cut quantities using 1 egg, 8 oz pb and about 4 oz jam. Will make again. These quantities made 22 tasty cookies after 17 min. Next time will lower oven temp a bit.
Ji P.
March 20, 2021
batter was so loose i had to put it in piping bag. two large egg maybe was too much as when baked i can actually taste egg which is throwing off what could be a great flavor combo. with some tweak... less egg, maybe a little bit of flour could be much better.
Natalie B.
March 4, 2021
I normally am a big food 52 fan. These looked great... But very disappointing. They don't really taste like peanut butter, I don't get much of any flavor at all, and I did add flaky sea salt on the top. I used Bon Marie apricot jam, and natural unsweetened peanut butter. The bottom rack burned, I took them out at 20 minutes at a 350° oven, the top rack was fine though. This recipe seemed too good to be true, so it was.
Crispin
March 2, 2021
Just a thought from the sidelines, seeing from the comments that people's cookies are coming out pretty differently—"unsweetened peanut butter" is a pretty broad category! In my experience, the texture and consistency of unsweetened peanut butter varies a lot from brand to brand. Some are drippier, some are firmer, some are grainier, and some are creamier in the way that a Jif-type peanut butter is. I wonder if different peanut butters are producing different results. What brand/texture was the recipe tested with?
Marilyn
March 1, 2021
I usually like Food 52 recipes, but the 3-Ingredient Penanut Butter Cookies is a big exception. For the first time ever, I threw away the whole cooked batch! The flavor was odd and horrible, it browned/burnt quickly on bottom but stayed uncooked in middle. An unfortunate waste of good ingredients.
Emma L.
March 1, 2021
Hi Marilyn, I'm so sorry to hear that! While I'm not sure what might've gone wrong with the burnt bottoms, we have lots and lots of cookies on the site, and I hope you'll find another batch that you love: https://food52.com/recipes/search?tag=cookie,test-kitchen-approved&o=newest
Juneaucat1
March 2, 2021
I had the same problem, just threw away the whole batch. The other disappointment was that they spread, a lot, becoming totally flat during the cooking process. I'm not sure how they stayed so rounded in the instructional video, but maybe a step of chilling the dough before cooking would help? No matter though, I won't be making these again.
Natalie B.
March 4, 2021
This happened to me too! Well only the bottom tray burned but it was a very disappointing recipe, and the ingredients cost me about $18.
caly
February 24, 2021
Just amazing how a 3 ingredient recipe takes 3 pages to print! That is ridiculous.
Sharon R.
February 28, 2021
Did you click on the Print button on the recipe page (just below the main picture) or did you choose print from your computer's menu? If you choose print from the recipe page it's just one page.
Rachael D.
February 22, 2021
Wow. This was amazing! Used parchment, flipped halfway, cooked for 23 mins, Justin’s honey PB and Bonne Maman apricot. Cannot recommend this recipe enough. Thanks, Emma!
Franca
February 22, 2021
I made these with orange marmalade, and crunchy peanut butter. I added a teaspoon of ginger, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg, and sea salt sprinkled on top. I baked two racks of cookies at 325 convection for 25 minutes. The cook and texture was perfect. All that being said, I do find them kind of one note. They are a great base though, and the possibilites are endless.
Kbz4946
February 20, 2021
Just made these using orange marmalade... Pretty good. They are moist. I wonder if honey can be used instead of jam?
Mathieu G.
February 20, 2021
Excellent! I was in a rush and wanted to gift some treats for a friend. Made this with crunchy PB that was slightly salted, and a jar of homemade chunky mango jam. It came out so beautifully, a perfect balance of richness and sweetness. I baked them for 25 minutes, rotating pans at halftime. This recipe is a keeper!
Marmar
February 19, 2021
Not a fan at all! Followed the recipe faithfully. Read the review that stated concern about watching the bottom for over browning. I watch the first batch like a hawk. Still half the batch was clearly burnt. Second batch I took out earlier, clearly undercooked and more gummy than chewy. Used unsweetened peanut butter as suggested in the recipe and apricot jam. Added flakey salt to second batch. No discernible difference in taste with the salt. Cookies lacked sweetness and I don’t have a sweet tooth! A waste of time in my opinion, but at least it kept me occupied on this snowy day in upstate NY.
David S.
February 20, 2021
I did exactly as the recipe said and took the cookies off a little early and got the same burnt bottoms.Only thing different was parchment paper not silicone sheet. What happened ?
Emma L.
February 22, 2021
Hi Marmar and David, so sorry to hear that! I've baked these on silicone and parchment, and haven't run into burnt bottoms in the 20 to 25 min time range. Couple thoughts: Depending on your oven, baking on the middle or upper rack could help. Same goes for an extra oven thermometer to monitor if the temp ever drops/spikes (my own oven runs super hot, so an extra thermometer lets me keep it in check). Hope that helps!
Ruby C.
February 23, 2021
Hi! I had the same issue with the brown bottoms with my first batch. My oven runs hot so I turned it down to 325, and baked for 19 minutes on the second batch...perfection!
macleanr
February 23, 2021
I used regular sweetened PB here as that’s all I had and my bottoms were quiet dark, I wonder if this was your issue? The extra sugar could have darkened quickly
KristinC
February 24, 2021
Could the issue be the type of peanut butter? The recipe doesn't specify natural or "conventional" peanut butter. Is it better to use one or the other? I'm interested in trying this recipe, but typically only have natural peanut butter in the house.
macleanr
April 17, 2021
Made these with a natural peanut butter and WOW the difference was huge. Absolutely delicious.
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