How to make a Giant Peanut Butter Cookie
We start with melted butter, but my tip is to NOT melt the butter all the way (if you do, that’s fine). This photo here shows the perfect stage. It’s about half way melted but the solids are SUPER soft. You can see my finger prints in there because if you touch the butter, it should have the consistency of pudding, or frosting. Something that smashes right down and is perfectly smooth. I just add the sugar, peanut butter, vanilla and egg yolk all at the same time. Easy! Mix that all up and then toss all the dry ingredients in there at once and you’ll have a nice cohesive dough. I like to have that traditional peanut butter cookie look, so I form my dough into a bowl and add a spoonful of sugar right back into my mixing bowl and roll it around. Place it on a prepared baking sheet and press down lightly. You want to keep it fairly thick to keep it from spreading too fast and keeping that center, soft.
How to create a criss-cross pattern on a giant cookie
Grab a metal or wood bbq skewer and gently press the lines into your cookie! It’s a really quick and easy process that has great results. The cookie should be puffed throughout and the edges set, but you should be able to lightly jiggle the center as you’re moving your pan. That’s how you know it will stay soft inside once it’s cooled. There is something super satisfying about breaking pieces off this cookie in those tiny little squares. Try it and tell me if you love it as much as I do!
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Check out these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies for a regular sized batch of peanut butter cookies. If you’re looking for more big giant cookies, you can find them all right here: Big Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Big Giant Oatmeal Cookie Big Giant Double Chocolate Fudge Cookie Big Giant Sugar Cookie Big Giant Chocolate Sugar Cookie Big Giant Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Big Giant Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookie Big Giant Snickerdoodle Cookie Giant Peppermint Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookie Giant Red Hot Sugar Cookie Giant Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookie Giant Chocolate Cadbury Egg Cookie Big Giant Chocolate Sandwich Cookie (Homemade Oreo!)
