easy-peasy peanut butter cookies

You all know how much I love to bake cookies. I mean, the evidence is there. And here. And here, etc. But the other night I had a craving for peanut butter cookies and milk, and the only thing to do was to stealth bake (That’s when you didn’t mean to bake, and still aren’t sure you’re going to follow through, but then you find yourself looking up a recipe and mixing dough, and all of a sudden you’ve got a table covered in cookies. Oh wait, that’s just me all the time? Sorry about that…).

This might be the easiest peanut butter cookie recipe of all time. I can’t verify that objectively, but it’s certainly the simplest I’ve seen (in my short life). So take a gander, check out my spin on it, and feel free to make changes, bake, and get a little peanut buttery in your own life. Yay!

Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies EVER

INGREDIENTS

2 cups peanut butter (works best with the generic, processed kind – not the organic, separated stuff)

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325˚F.

Mix ingredients until blended. If dough seems too sticky, add extra sugar.

Roll into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Flatten with fork tines, creating a criss-cross pattern.

Bake for 12-15 minutes. Best if slightly undercooked (and just a tad chewy). Makes 36 cookies.