The Best Peanut Butter Cookies

Bakery-Style Triple Peanut Butter Cookies are loaded with creamy peanut butter, crunchy roasted peanuts, and sweet Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips! Bake up a batch of these big, delicious cookies in under 30 minutes!

For more cookies that are loaded with tons of delicious peanut butter flavor, try these Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups or Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies! Both are loaded with fun Reese’s peanut butter goodness!

Why You’ll Love These Bakery Style Peanut Butter Cookies

These Bakery-Style Triple Peanut Butter Cookies are a treat that peanut butter lovers everywhere will be rejoicing over! They’re filled with the best mouthwatering salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy flavor that’s best enjoyed with an ice-cold glass of milk!

These cookies are the bomb! I’ve made them three times already. I had to omit the peanuts, but next time I’ll use chunky peanut butter!

– Michele

Ingredients For Bakery Peanut Butter Cookies

Just three key ingredients pack these cookies full of that irresistible salty, sweet flavor! And since all three are storebought, it makes it simple to whip up this recipe anytime!

• Salted Butter
• Peanut Butter – I used JIF creamy peanut butter for these cookies, but any brand of creamy peanut butter will work just fine. However, natural peanut butter may not yield the best results.
• Granulated Sugar
• Light Brown Sugar
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Large Eggs
• Vanilla Extract
• All-Purpose Flour
• Cornstarch
• Dry Roasted Peanuts – I opted for unsalted peanuts so the salty taste didn’t overpower the cookie. However, you can try making them with salted peanuts or even other flavors of peanuts for a flavor variation! If you use salted peanuts, you may want to reduce the added salt in the recipe or use unsalted butter.
• Peanut Butter Chips – These can be found in the baking aisle at the grocery store next to the other baking chips.

Substitutions & Variations

• Instead of making big cookies, you can make smaller ones. To do so, instead of using 4 ounces of dough per cookie, you can decrease it to 2 or 2.5 ounces for smaller cookies. Just be sure to keep a close eye while baking since they’ll cook quicker than big cookies!
• If you’re looking to break up the peanut butter flavor a bit, try using chocolate chips instead of peanut butter chips with no other changes to the recipe.
• You can omit the nuts if preferred. If you opt to, I would recommend adding an additional 1/4 cup of flour to the mixture to replace it.

How To Make Bakery Peanut Butter Cookies

1. Cream together the salted butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, peanut butter, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until light smooth and light in color.
2. Beat in the large eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Then pour in the vanilla extract and mix.
3. Mix the cornstarch into the dough, then add the all-purpose flour a little at a time, mixing after each addition.
4. Add in the dry roasted peanuts and peanut butter chips and mix until just evenly incorporated.
5. Portion out the cookie dough and then break the scooped ball of dough in half, then gently press the halves back together so that the broken sides are upward to add texture. Then transfer the cookies to a prepared baking sheet.
6. Press additional peanut butter chips into the tops of the cookies if desired.
7. Bake the cookies until the edges and some of the tops are golden brown.

Adding Delicious Texture To These Cookies

A standout feature of these cookies is their deliciously satisfying texture! To achieve this, the cookie dough is first portioned out using a large cookie scoop. I use this #10 scoop (affiliate link) with a 3.25-ounce capacity, making a 4-ounce cookie.

Afterward, pop the cookie dough balls into your hand and break the scooped ball of dough in half. Then gently press the halves back together so that the broken sides that were inside the dough are now upwards.

This simple technique allows the top of the cookie to bake up with slightly crisp ridges across the top that give lots of tasty texture!

How To Store The Best Peanut Butter Cookies

Place the cookies into an airtight container and store them at room temperature to enjoy for 3 to 4 days.

How To Freeze Peanut Butter Cookies

This peanut butter cookie dough freezes great to enjoy later. To freeze the cookie dough, first, portion it onto the pan and then flash-freeze it on the baking sheet.

This allows the dough balls to freeze individually, preventing the dough from becoming one big frozen ball in a bag. Once frozen, place the dough balls into a Ziploc bag and squeeze out the excess air.

Then transfer the bag of frozen dough balls into the freezer and store for up to 3 months. Now you can enjoy one or two freshly baked cookies at a time without causing a mess in the kitchen first!

More Peanut Buttery Desserts:

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies – Filled with a sweet, creamy peanut butter filling!
• Peanut Butter Crunch Brownies – Fudgy brownies with a crunchy peanut butter topping!
• Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites (Chubby Hubby Bites) – A delicious salty, sweet snack!
• Easy Homemade Peanut Butter Fudge – The best melt in your mouth fudge!
• Peanut Butter Bars – An easy 5-ingredient recipe that’s made in less than 10 minutes!