Best peanut butter cookie recipe I've ever made! I only made half a batch to see if they were good, but now that I know I am going to make another whole batch! Very soft and chewy, and extremely flavorful. I'm bringing these into where I work tomorrow, and I'm sure they'll be a hit.

I gave this recipe a rating of 4 because, like others, I found the peanut butter flavor to be too mild. I think that an extra 1/4 to 1/3 cup of peanut butter would create a better flavor...but it might also create a greasier cookie. The changes I made to the recipe are minor: Because we don't like over-sweet cookies, I decreased both the brown and white sugars down to 1/3 cup each. As per other's suggestions, I decreased the flour to 1 1/3 cups. Also I substituted butter for the margerine. As a side note, I used Adam's 100% Natural creamy peanut butter. OK...in regards to texture I'd give these cookies 5 stars. We made them into 1.5" balls, baked them for 8-9 minutes, pulled them out of the oven just before the edges browned, and cooled them on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. The cookies had a pillowy perfect softness, even on the 2nd day! My family really liked them. Thanks for a great recipe.

very very good

I doubled the recipe and added a bag of chocolate chips. I also used chunky peanut butter instead of regular. I thought that they could be a little sweeter but everyone that tried them thought that they were perfect.

They were very easy to make, and very soft. I added a tablespoon of honey for extra sweetness, and they were still not extremely sweet. There was really no need to chill the dough, so I skipped that step and added some cadies to half the batch for my choco-holic husband.

these disappear fast!

I just made these cookies and they are great, very soft. I chilled the dough for 30 minutes and still couldn't roll them, I just dropped them from a teaspoon on the pan. Next time I may add more flour or oatmeal as others have.

Fantastic recipe. Very soft and chewy. Lots of PB flavor. I have made them both with chocolate chips and as giant sized PB cookies. I used salted butter and it didn't affect the recipe at all.

My husband LOVES peanut butter cookies. So i have been on the search for the perfect recipe. I made these and he LOVED them! I HATE anything peanut butter, but since he was raving about them, i had to have one. I thought it was fantastic! Great recipe, my search is over!

The flavor is great! However, I think I made a couple of errors. I used butter instead of margarine, and a brand of peanut butter we tried (it was cheap) and didn't much like. Seemed like a good idea at the time...however, it was too dry (I think) and difficult to make balls that didn't fall apart. In fact, they did split and crack when I did the fork thing. Because the flavor was good, I'll try it again, with the proper ingredients!

So I followed some of the other reviews and used honey instead of sugar, and I upped the peanut butter by a 1/4 cup... oh, and I added some peanut butter chips! Maybe half a bag or so and they were fabulous! My husband and I couldn't stop eating them. They were so addictive that I made another batch the very next day... and I'm off to make another right now! Perfect. Delicious. My favorite cookie EVER. :)

I should have read ALL the reviews apparently. I made them as the recipe said, and they are ok if you are in dire need of a cookie. But as for this recipe, i will not be making it again. There was WAY TOO MUCH flour in this. The first batch was dry and crumbly...and the 2nd batch i added some water too to hopefully salvage it, and it was better but not by much. There are MUCH better recipes out there for PB cookies!

I nearly doubled the peanut butter and I still thought they might be a bit too flour-y. But my husband, the peanut butter fan, says "perfection." Everyone who tried them wanted seconds.

Just okay. added an extra 1/3 cup of peanut butter, and it was still too floury.

I was craving peanut butter cookies so badly because I gave up chocolate for Lent and I needed something sweet and this was perfect! I've always loved peanut butter cookies but never was crazy about how crispy they were. These are nice and chewy and will keep me from going crazy by Easter!

Very good cookies, but not as soft as I hoped. But I can say, they were just as my grandma used to make. I will probably try another soft peanut butter cookie recipe next time.

I love anything peanut butter, especially cookies. I can't make these cookies without a reason though, because I could eat the entire bowl of dough, or if I made it past the dough I could eat every last cookie. These cookies are so good!