Because I’m a rather lazy housewife I always look for the easiest recipes when I bake. Peanut butter cookies are one of the simplest things to make and take hardly any time. Another great thing about this recipe is that it can easily be gluten free! Just omit the baking powder, many recipes don’t include the baking powder anyway.

• Mix a cup of peanut butter with a cup of sugar
• Stir in one teaspoon of baking powder and an egg
• Place spoonfulls on a baking tray and flatten with a fork, make sure they’re at least an inch apart
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 10 minutes
• Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes

So easy! I altered the recipe a bit so I could use a whole jar of peanut butter.
I mixed the 375g jar of peanut butter with one and a half cups of sugar, one and a half teaspoons of baking powder and two eggs.
There wasn’t enough room on the tray to space them out properly so I put them closer. Bad idea! These cookies spread like mad and ended up becoming one big cookie!

They will be quite crumbly when they’re just taken out of the oven but they harden up a little more once they’re cooled.

These very dense, very peanutty cookies are great with a glass of milk.