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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

March 14, 2022 by Sandy 1 Comment

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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies are scrumptious and so easy to make. This cookie recipe only has 3 ingredients. Skip the oven and have fresh peanut butter cookies in the air fryer in minutes. These homemade Peanut Butter Cookies are Lightly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. A sweet and decadently rich peanut butter treat.

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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

If you are craving some yummy homemade Peanut Butter Cookies, try these!

Sometimes you don't want to heat up your oven and kitchen and cook a large batch of cookies. So why not air fry them?

It's no surprise what all you can cook in an air fryer! After all, they are little convection ovens. Perfect for smaller batches.

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This decadent Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe only has 3 ingredients!

How to Make These Cookies in the Air Fryer

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Gather the ingredients. Add ingredients to a mixing bowl.

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Mix ingredients together until creamy. Scoop into balls and place on parchment lined tray. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. It’s important that you do not skip the chilling step. The air fryer will make the cookies spread and be too crumbly.

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Place the dough balls in the air fryer basket and press with a fork one way, then the other way to make a crosshatch. Air fry, then move to a rack after letting them sit in the air fryer basket for 4 minutes.

Time Tips for These Cookies

  • Each air fryer has various cooking settings. If your air fryer doesn’t have a 370° F setting, choose the closest temperature below it, as opposed to over it. Time may need to be adjusted.
  • Putting more or less cookies doesn’t require you to adjust the cook time or rest time. Just don't let them touch.
  • It’s best to not touch the cookies until they’ve set for a minimum of 4 minutes. This allows them to set up and not fall apart when removed from the air fryer.

Tips for Cookies in the Air Fryer

  • The chilling step keeps them from spreading too much and keeps them from being a crumbly mess when leaving the air fryer.
  • I like to shape the parchment paper to the bottom of my air fryer, then pull it out and prepare my cookies on it. This way, I can just set the parchment paper back in it without having to set one cookie at a time inside the air fryer.
  • stack of peanut butter cookies

  • Each air fryer is a different shape. Mine allowed for 4-6 cookies at a time, but your shape might not allow that many, or it may allow for more. Be sure to give enough space for the cookies to spread a bit.
  • This cookie dough is very sticky, so it’s best to not get your hands involved in the scooping process and stick to a scoop or spoon.

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If you make these tasty Peanut Butter Cookies in the air fryer, please let me know. Just leave a comment and a star rating below. I'd like to know how you liked them!

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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
4 mins
Chilling
30 mins
Total Time
49 mins
 

Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies let you skip the oven and have homemade peanut butter cookies in minutes. Lightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: air fryer cookies, air fryer dessert
Servings: 18
Calories: 99 kcal
Author: Sandy Clifton
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • ¾ Cup Sugar (plus more for dusting)
  • 1 large Egg
Instructions
  1. Combine all three ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Mix until fully combined.
  2. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  3. Using a 1 ½-inch cookie scoop, or heaping tablespoon, scoop the dough onto parchment paper.

  4. Using a fork, press the cookie flat, first one direction, then again from the opposite direction to make a crosshatch pattern on top.

  5. Line the bottom of your air fryer with parchment paper. Be sure to not have extra parchment paper running up the side of the air fryer or it will get caught by the air and fold over the cookies.

  6. Place as many cookies in your air fryer as will fit, while giving each cookie a half inch of space. I am able to do about 4-6 at a time.

  7. Set your air fryer at 370° F and cook them for 4 minutes. Then let them rest in the air fryer for another 4 minutes before removing to a rack.

  8. Sprinkle with some sugar while still hot (optional). Then use a spatula to move to a plate to cool.

  9. Repeat until you’ve used up your batter. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Tips

  • It’s important to not skip the chilling step. The air fryer will make the cookies spread and be crumbly. The chilling step keeps them from spreading too much and keeps them from being crumbly.
  • Do not touch the cookies until they’ve set for a minimum of 4 minutes after cooking. This allows them to set up and not fall apart when removed from the air fryer.
  • I like to shape the parchment paper to the bottom of my air fryer, then pull it out and prepare my cookies on it. This way, I can just set the parchment paper back inside without having to set one cookie at a time inside the air fryer.
  • Each air fryer is a different shape. Mine allowed for 4-6 cookies at a time, but your shape might not allow that many, and it may allow for more. Just be sure to give enough space for the cookies to spread a bit.
  • Putting more or less cookies doesn’t require you to adjust the cook time or rest time.
  • This cookie dough is very sticky, so it’s best to not get your hands involved in the scooping process and stick to a scoop or spoon.
  • Each air fryer has various cooking settings. If your air fryer doesn’t have a 370° F setting, choose the closest temp below it as opposed to over it.

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  1. Rachel

    April 07, 2022 at 8:53 am

    The easiest cookies I have ever made. I wasn’t sure about them but they turned out great!

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