3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, my way with 5 ingredients!

I love cooking and I'm guessing that now that I'm retired, I'm sure to be spending a little more time in the kitchen. 

I love to eat out but cooking has always been fun to me, especially when I have the time and am not too tired which is why the hubby asked me tonight after dinner if I was tired I looked at him thinking, what the heck is he asking me? I told him I'm not tired and he replied "That's good because I want Peanut Butter Cookies". Ah, that I can do!! 

I can't take credit for this recipe being I found it for the first time on the Allrecipes Website. This site is  my "go to" whenever I need cooking inspiration and hard cooking facts. I've made these cookies many times but I usually add 1 extra ingredient but thanks to a recent shopping trip, I decided to add one more. I think those 2 extra ingredients are so worth making this recipe a little more complex.

Heat up the oven to 350 degrees

Blend all the ingredients in one bowl until smooth. I use my hand mixer for this because I'm a bit lazy. 

1. 1 Cup of Sugar - I usually do 1/2 cup regular sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar
2. 1 Cup of Smooth Peanut Butter
3. 1 Egg
4. A dash of Vanilla - I love the extra flavor it gives. 

More on the 5th ingredient later....  

Create balls of dough with your hands and place on a cookie sheet (no greasing needed but I use a silicone mat) making sure to space them a bit. 

Next take a fork and squish them to be more flat by using a fork in a criss cross pattern. Sprinkle them lightly with white sugar which will give them a slight crunch on the top. 

Bake them for about 8 minutes. It will seem like that's not long enough but you're going to want these cookies to be soft and gooey. To rush the process I took them carefully off the cookie sheet and transferred them to a plate to put in the refrigerator to cool. The hubby wanted those cookies and he wanted them now. 

Here comes the 5th ingredient.... the one I had in my pantry because on a whim I added it to my shopping cart on Sunday morning. Marshmallow Fluff!! 

I created sandwich cookies by spreading fluff between 2 cookies! Yum! I could only eat one because they were very rich but the hubby ate several. They were so good, I'm sure to make these again. 

If you try this recipe, let me know what you think!!