Recipes for Peanut Butter Cookies: 5 of the Most Fun

This aren't your everyday peanut butter cookies.

Are you craving peanut butter, but want something a bit more wild than just a plain dessert? There are certainly ways to mix up your baking routine, and adding a few unexpected ingredients might be the perfect touch. Here are five fun peanut butter cookie recipes, all discovered on Pinterest.

1. Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

(From Just So Tasty)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

• 1/3 cup white sugar

• 1/2 cup peanut butter

• 1 large egg

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

• 3/4 tsp baking soda

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 3/4 cup quick oats

• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees

• Beat together butter, sugar, and peanut butter in large bowl

• Mix together the egg and vanilla

• Beat in the flour, baking soda, and salt with a mixer on low speed. Add the oats last

• Form dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheet

• Bake for 8-10 mins

2. Fluffernutter Cookies

(From Mildly Meandering)

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1/4 cup brown sugar

• 1/4 cup peanut butter

• 1/4 cup marshmallow fluff

• 1 egg

• 1/2 teaspoon Rodelle vanilla extract

• 1 cup flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 pinch of salt

• 1/4 cup peanut butter chips

• 1/2 cup mini marshmallows

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees

• Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar

• Mix in peanut butter, marshmallow fluff, egg, and vanilla extract 

• Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt

• Mix in peanut butter chips and mini marshmallows using spoon

• Place 1-inch balls of cookie dough onto lined baking sheet

• Bake for 10-12 minutes

3. Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownie Cookies

(From The Loopy Whisk)

Ingredients:

• 7 oz chopped dark chocolate

• 9 tbsp cubed unsalted butter

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 1 cup and 1 tbsp plain gluten free flour blend (The Loopy Whisk clarifies they used a "store-bought blend of rice, potato, and maize flour with no added xanthan gum.")

• 1/4 tsp xanthan gum

• 3 tbsp cocoa powder

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 pinch of salt

• 6 - 8 tbsp smooth peanut butter

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 355 F degrees

• Using a heat-proof bowl above a pot of simmering water, melt chocolate and butter together

• Using a stand mixer or hand mixer with double beater attachment, mix eggs and sugar together for five to six minutes

• Mix in melted chocolate to the eggs and sugar


• Mix in gluten free flour, xanthan gum, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt


• Place about 1 tbsp scoops of cookie batter onto lined baking sheet

• Spread each scoop out with spoon and place about 1/2 tbsp of peanut butter in each center


• Cover peanut butter with about 1 tbsp of the cookie batter so that the peanut butter is fully covered

• Bake for 12 minutes (The Loopy Whisk points out the cookies "should be slightly crackly on top, with a shiny crust.")

4. Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies

(From Family Cookie Recipes)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup peanut butter

• 1/2 cup and 2 tbsp butter softened

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup milk

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 1/2 cups flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 cups chocolate chips and Reese's Pieces

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 F degrees

• Mix together peanut butter, butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with hand mixer

• Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla

• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in separate bowl

• Mix in flour mixture to peanut butter mixture

• Mix in chocolate chips and Reese’s Pieces mixture (save some Reese’s for top of cookies)

• Place scoops of tbsp-sized dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets

• Press extra Reese’s Pieces into tops of each cookie

• Bake for 8-10 minutes

5. Oreo Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

(From I Am Baker)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups peanut butter

• 1 cup white sugar

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 2 tsp baking soda

• 1 pinch salt

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 18-24 Peanut Butter Oreos

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees

• Stir peanut butter and sugar together by hand until smooth

• Mix in eggs one at a time

• Mix in baking soda, salt, and vanilla

• Scoop about 1-2 tbsp-sized dough and place on top of each Oreo

• Press dough around the cookie, so each is covered (be careful not to break the Oreos)

• Press fork dipped in flour into the top of the cookies with a criss-cross pattern

• Bake for 7-9 minutes