This single serving peanut butter cookie recipe will satisfy your strongest peanut butter cookie cravings, and there’s no need to share!
Easy single serving cookie recipe
Want a chewy peanut butter cookie?
What about an easy recipe that makes just one soft homemade peanut butter cookie, doesn’t require any eggs, and can be whipped up in just ten minutes flat?
Whether you live alone or simply do not want the temptation of an entire batch of cookies, this single serving peanut butter cookie is the perfect answer.
Also make these Peanut Butter Truffles
Single serving peanut butter cookie ingredients
The recipe calls for peanut butter, pure vanilla extract, flour, baking soda, salt, sweetener of choice, milk of choice, and optional ingredients like chocolate chips or chopped peanuts.
Flours that work include spelt, white, whole wheat pastry, oat (my favorite), and almond flour for a keto version. I do not recommend coconut flour here.
You can use any all purpose liquid or granulated sweetener, including pure maple syrup, agave, honey (not for vegans), brown sugar, white sugar, coconut sugar, or granulated erythritol or xylitol for a sugar free cookie.
Liquid sweeteners yield a more cakey cookie, while cookies made with granulated sugar have a more chewy texture.
Almond butter, cashew butter, macadamia nut butter, or nut free sunflower butter all work as peanut free alternatives.
*For a larger serving, make Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
Step by step recipe video
How to make a peanut butter cookie for one
Preheat an oven or toaster oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
If using natural peanut butter from the refrigerator, either let it sit out for a few hours or gently warm it until soft and easily stir-able.
Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda, optional chopped peanuts, and granulated sugar (if using). Then mix in the peanut butter, vanilla extract, milk of choice, and any liquid sweetener you might be using.
If using a dry sugar instead of a liquid one, slowly add in just a little extra milk to achieve a peanut butter cookie dough texture.
Form into one large cookie or two smaller cookie shapes. Place on a cookie tray, and bake for seven minutes. They should look a little underdone after this time. Let cool before handling, during which time the cookies will firm up considerably.
A few readers have reported success in a microwave, but I have not tried it yet here. If you prefer, I do have a chocolate chip recipe for Microwave Cookies.
Storing leftovers
The best and worst part about making a single serving cookie is that there are not likely to be any leftovers.
However, if you wish to save time and combine all of the peanut butter cookie ingredients the night before, you can store the unbaked cookie dough ball in a covered container in the fridge or freezer until ready to use.
Or if you have more willpower than I do, bake the cookie ahead of time. Then let it cool before enjoying the next day or freezing in an airtight container to enjoy within two months.
The recipe was adapted from this Single Serving Protein Cookie.
Single Serving Peanut Butter Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp flour or almond meal
- 1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter or allergy friendly sub
- 1/16 tsp baking soda
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tbsp liquid or granulated sweetener of choice
- 1 tsp milk of choice or water
- optional chocolate chips, chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Flours and sweeteners that work are listed above in this post. If you use liquid sweetener, the results will be more cakey. If you use granulated sugar, the cookie will be more chewy.Preheat an oven or toaster oven to 350 F. If not soft, gently warm peanut butter until easily stir-able. Mix dry ingredients. Stir in wet ingredients. If using granulated sweetener, add extra milk of choice as needed to achieve a cookie dough texture. Mix well and form into one or two cookies. Flatten into cookie shapes and bake for 7 minutes. Let cool before handling, because it firms up as it cools. Readers have also reported success in a microwave, but I have not tried.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More Easy Peanut Butter Ideas
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls
I cook for myself a lot but I always share! Just made these cookies and they are delicious! Mine were soft, pleasantly sweet, and had a great peanut butter taste.These are so simple I think I am going to make some more!
Awww I am so so excited you already made them!!
mmm cookies coated in brownie sounds like the best idea ever!
I adore peanut butter cookies! In fact I was thinking about making some just the other day, hmmm! These look amazing, great photos. And the fact it serves just one, brilliant.
Elise x
P.S. Talking of single servings, I wrote that post on your single lady cupcakes (all 5 flavours!). Please let me know if it’s ok!
I made this recipe this afternoon following your sugar free version. I guess I must be used to Stevia now because it tasted pretty good! I had to sub sunflower seed butter for the PB and I used leftover peach puree from pancakes instead of apple sauce…but it was still pretty yummy! Love the single serving idea…keeps me from eating a dozen cookies.
LOL I am the same way! I thought it wasn’t bad with the stevia… but when I gave it to a tester, he said it was bland and dry. So weird how people have different tastebuds!
I usually just fend for myself in the house 🙂
I like just cooking for myself, but I have the rest of my family who wants some of whatever I’m testing and I often make meals for my family, too. I LOVE peanut butter cookies! My favorites are those Chrsitmas cookies with the Hershy kisses in the. Haven’t found a vegan hershy kiss yet though 🙁
Yeah, what’s up with that?! I wonder if they sell kiss-shaped molds… I’ll have to look for them so I can make my own kisses!
Googled it and they DO sell such a thing! I will have to look at Michaels!
I cook for myself most of the time, but I also cook dinners for my fiance when I’m feeling housewifey. As for desserts, I almost always bake for other people, and rarely for myself. The last batch of cookies I made, every single one got eaten by someone other than me. I love presenting people with freshly baked goods! By the way, I actually have a peanut butter cookie request that I need to fulfill, so it’s a coincidence that you posted this today!
I love that you post single serving recipes,. I like to only make one or two of your delicious treats at a time so im not tempted to eat so many!! I cant wait to try these and hopefully ill finally get to try using chickpeas to make dip!!
I love single serve recipes! But sometimes when I’m cooking for myself I kind wish it were easier to make regular recipes single serve. Cause leftovers get kind of boring to me and I really don’t like eating the same things two days in a row.
Mmmm PEANUT BUTTER! I was just thinking the other day about how us vegans have it pretty good because we can lick the bowl worry-free.
I pretty much always cook for myself, but I ALWAYS have planned leftovers! It makes life soooo much easier.
Hellooooo pretty lady! To answer your tweet, I do not see why this recipe wouldn’t work with a different nut butter! 🙂
Oh um lol ignore me. That wasn’t you! I get so confused with keeping tweets/comments/emails/and facebook comments straight ;).