Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
- Total Time
- 1 hour
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Ingredients
- 1cup/228 grams/2 sticks unsalted butter, preferably cultured, softened at room temperature
- ¾cup/150 grams granulated sugar
- ¾cup (packed)/170 grams light brown sugar
- 1heaping teaspoon/6 grams kosher salt
- 2cups/510 grams unsweetened peanut butter, creamy or chunky
- 2eggs, at room temperature
- 2cups/250 grams all-purpose flour
- Flaky sea salt and coarse sugar for sprinkling (or use kosher salt and granulated sugar)
Nutritional analysis per serving (42 servings)
167 calories; 11 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 15 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 9 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 78 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick liners. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars until smooth and fluffy, at least 3 minutes. Add the peanut butter and eggs, and mix. Add the flour and salt and mix just until well combined, with no white flour showing.
- Step 2
Using a small cookie scoop (about 2 teaspoons capacity), scoop dough onto prepared pans. The tops will be rounded but craggy. The cookies will not spread much or change shape when they bake, so they can be placed quite close together, but leave room for air circulation so they can brown.
- Step 3
In a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 tablespoon salt. Sprinkle each cookie lightly with sugar-salt mixture, getting it into the crags and crannies. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until cookies are set and golden-brown. Carefully lift or slide off baking sheets and cool on racks. Store in layers separated by parchment paper, in airtight containers.
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One of my loves is peanut butter and chocolate so I could not resist adding mini-chocolate chips. Oh, my! This is the cookie you create in secret when no one is home and then hide the plastic container in the freezer under containers of frozen butternut squash soup and bags of frozen peas so they are safe and secure from anyone finding them.
Try using turbinado sugar in this instead of the granulated sugar, and cutting down each sugar by 2T...I did, and it made these even closer to the City Bakery gems I remember. I have made this with Smucker's Natural (which someone left at the house) and with Koeze Cream-Nut (which I order by the case from Zingerman's). There is no wrong peanut butter for this recipe. A keeper.
Made this recipe exactly, including the cultured butter and rounded shape. Frankly, I'm a little tired of the flat cross-hatch thing going on. At 12 minutes, the result was not a crispy cookie, but a firm rich shortbread with a buttery, dense center that melts in your mouth. Next day I shared withs friends. One respected taster bit into her cookie mid conversation. Eyes widened, she said "Oh my!" Indeed. Don't know if my waistline can handle another batch anytime soon.
Made these a couple of times, and they are excellent. Melt in your mouth creamy, so peanut buttery, and deliciously salty. I followed the advice of some commenters and used turbinado sugar for the topping (great suggestion!). The second time I made them, instead of sprinkling the topping, I dropped the scoop of dough in the sugar/salt mix, pressed it down a bit, then flipped it up on to the tray. Made for a more consistent topping.
I was bamboozled by the five star rating. These taste like regular PB cookies, nothing special.
An easy recipe and great texture! Will definitely explore different peanut butters to get a better/stronger flavor.