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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

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
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Chilling 30 minutes
Total Time 49 minutes
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.