Make it look easy to make a classic. These deliciously soft and delightfully easy peanut butter cookies are a dream to enjoy, with a moist and chewy texture and just the right amount of peanut butter flavor in every bite. Plus, they’re wonderfully simple to make. Just add peanut butter and brown sugar to a box of classic Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix and you’re already halfway there. Mix in the rest of your baking ingredients and your dough will be ready for shaping, no chilling required. This easy peanut butter cookie recipe makes 50 cookies, perfect for sharing with fellow peanut butter-loving friends and family!
More About This Recipe
- You don’t have to decide between traditional and modern when you have this cookie recipe on hand. It has the rich flavor of a classic peanut butter cookie but is made super easy and extra moist thanks to Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Cake Mix. Delicious homemade cookies don’t get much simpler than that! You could always follow our step-by-step instructions on how to make the perfect peanut butter cookies from scratch, but you’ll still get those same beautiful fork marks and sweet taste if you follow this shortcut version. Just press your fork into the dough, watch them rise, let them cool (if you can wait), and enjoy.
Easy Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 50
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets). In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, water, peanut butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until blended.
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Step2Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar. Discard any remaining sugar.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set and golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
90
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 35mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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