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 just made these! 🙂 I’ve been really jealous of all the peanut butter recipes popping up lately as my husband hates peanut butter & I can’t trust myself not to eat a whole batch in less than a day, so this is perfect!
Took less than a minute to make, 10 minutes to cook & now I’m waiting for them to cool…the hardest bit!! A bit did “accidentally” break off one of them though…delicious!! 😀 thanks Katie, yet again a great recipe!
Aww yay! And lol I hope you like the rest! 🙂
They were amazing! Even the pb-hating husband asked to try a bit & declared it “quite nice with a good texture” so maybe I will be try out some other pb recipes after all! 😀
Mine were quite cakey though – should they be? Delicious either way so I’m happy!! 🙂
Did you use liquid sweetener? They’ll be more cake-y with liquid sweetener; less so with the sugars.
Yes, I used agave. I guess I’ll just “have” to make them again tomorrow using sugars to test out the difference!! 😀 I’m betting I’ll love both versions!
I just passed the recipe on to my sister too, so good! 🙂
I was just in a PB cookie mood too. I usually only cook for myself (have been for years) since I’m vegan and my family are carnivores. Baking wise I love to bake for others and often bake things for friends and family. I even do charity bakes and bake for my church =)
I cook for both my husband and myself but I am totally making this just for ME!
Mmmm I just made these (this?). One of my afvorite things about your blog is that you give recipes with normal, easy to find ingredients so I can make them as soon as I see the post! This was PERFECT! So soft and delicious and the perfect size. Thanks, Katie :).
Oops that should say “favorite”.
I cook for myself, but bake for my parents 🙂 And the next thing I am baking for them are those amazing cookies 🙂
I’m slowly but surely filling up my freezer, it’s always nice to defrost something wholesome when you’re low on time! I like to buy veggies on super-sale at the market because they’re starting to wilt, toss em in the steamer and then freeze – Last time I was able to steam and freeze 4 pounds of green beans for $1, and since I cooked them right as they were at the “use-em-or-lose-em” stage, I saved em from getting wasted!
Hello there, just thought I’d say hi. I’ve checked into your ‘blog a few times – I’m not vegan at all & can’t even exactly remember how I came across it. I was googling something…
Anyway I like the general positivity of your posts & I really like the sound of those peanut butter cookies. :p
Aww thanks 🙂
I usually just cook for my manfriend and I but he is moving on Sunday so it will just be me for a while! 🙂 I love single serving dessert recipes because I am not always the best with portion control!
Oh my gosh! Single serving cookie recipes are the best idea ever! Thank for sharing! I’ll definitely be featuring them on my blog.