Easy, Chewy Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

This simple, tasty recipe yields 12 to 16 cookies, but is so simple that it can be doubled (or tripled!) easily.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 222 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup peanut butter
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Beat peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir egg, vanilla extract, and baking soda into peanut butter mixture; stir in chocolate chips.

Step 3

Drop mixture by small rounded spoonfuls onto a baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are flattened and golden, about 8 minutes.