Description
Delightful air fryer peanut butter cookies bring classic comfort straight to your kitchen with minimal effort and maximum flavor. Crisp edges, chewy centers, and rich nutty goodness promise a quick sweet treat you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup (237 ml) peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 1 large egg
Binding/Flavoring Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Craft a homogeneous mixture by vigorously blending peanut butter, sugars, egg, vanilla extract, and baking soda until a uniform, glossy dough emerges.
- Delicately form the dough into compact, round spheres approximately 1-inch in diameter, then gently press each ball using fork tines to create a distinctive crisscross imprint.
- Position the configured cookies onto a parchment paper or silicone liner precisely sized for the air fryer basket, ensuring adequate spacing between each morsel.
- Initialize the air fryer to 350F and allow it to stabilize for 3 minutes, creating an optimal cooking environment.
- Tenderly transfer the prepared parchment with cookies into the air fryer basket, maintaining a strategic arrangement to promote even heat circulation.
- Execute cooking process for 6-8 minutes, vigilantly monitoring the transformation – seeking edges that appear set and a center maintaining a subtle softness.
- Extract the cookies and permit them to rest momentarily on the original parchment, allowing residual heat to complete the cooking process and facilitate structural stabilization.
- Transition the delicate treats onto a cooling rack, enabling complete temperature reduction and optimal textural development before savoring.
Notes
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before shaping to prevent spreading and create a more compact cookie texture.
- Use a natural, unsweetened peanut butter for a less sweet and more authentic peanut flavor profile.
- Adjust cooking time based on your air fryer’s performance, as models can vary in heat intensity and efficiency.
- Experiment with adding chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the dough for extra crunch and flavor variation.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Air Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 172 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg