Better Butter Cookies Recipe
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Better Butter Cookies

By: Laura 
"These cookies are really peanut buttery. For all those peanut butter lovers out there, this is the cookie for YOU!! Read the reviews before making."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 2.1 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (75)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 3 to 4 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Sift together the flour, and baking soda, set aside. In a medium bowl, cream the white sugar and brown sugar with the butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and peanut butter. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Finally, stir in the nuts.
  3. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 103 | Total Fat: 5.7g | Cholesterol: 23mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by FLORENCEMARY   view full review
I WISH I HAD READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE I STARTED. BUT ONCE I GOT TO THE "ADD 3 TABLESPOONS OF...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by SLACK20   view full review
This recipe is horrible. It has way too much vanilla and not enough peanut butter. I used...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2003 by GOLDSTARFSH   view full review
if only i had read the reviews because these cookies are terrible. I was so disappointed to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by Pinky B.   view full review
Better butter cookies are the most awful things I've ever made and I've been cooking for over...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by MICHAEL HICKMAN   view full review
They don't even deserve ONE star. These were absolutely terrible. My three-year-old won't even...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2006 by gloria1972   view full review
I agree I should have read the reviews first. I had never made peanut butter cookies. I was...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by MOOMAN56   view full review
Yuck! I was REALLY hungry for some good peanut butter cookies. My wife and daughter weren't...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by OBIN   view full review
REALLY REALLY REALLY B_A_D!!!!
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2004 by aag800   view full review
Like many of the other reviewers, I didn't read the other reviews until too late (as I ate the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 2.1 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2003 by ACROSS330   view full review
I learned that it is a must to read reviews! Don't waste your money or ingredients.

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