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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

Skip the oven and have homemade peanut butter cookies in 8 minutes. Lightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. A sweet and decadently rich peanut butter treat.
Prep Time 13 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Chill Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Servings 18 Cookies

Equipment

  • 1 Air Fryer
  • 2 Parchment Paper
  • 3 Fork

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • ¾ Cup Sugar
  • 1 Large Egg

Instructions
 

  • Combine all three ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Mix until fully combined.
  • Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Using a 1 ½-inch cookies scoop, or heaping tablespoon, scoop the dough onto parchment paper.
  • Using a fork, press the cookie flat, first one direction, then again from the opposite direction to make a crosshatch pattern on top.
  • 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.
  • Place as many cookies in your air fryer that will fit, while giving each cookie a half inch space. I was able to do about 4-6 at a time.
  • Set your air fryer at 370 degrees and cook them for 4 minutes before letting them rest in the air fryer for 4 minutes.
  • Repeat until you’ve used up your batter. Enjoy!

Notes

  • You mustn’t skip the chilling step. The air fryer will spread the cookies and be crumbly more than the oven. The chilling step keeps them from spreading too much and keeps them from being a crumbly mess when leaving the air fryer.
  • It’s also very important to not touch the cookies until they’ve been set for a minimum of 4 minutes. 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 setting 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, and you’ll be good to go.
  • Putting more or fewer cookies doesn’t require adjusting the cooking time or rest time.
  • This cookie dough is very sticky, so it’s best to not get your hands involved in the scoping process and stick to a scoop or spoon.
  • Each air fryer has various cooking settings. If your air fryer doesn’t have a 370-degree setting, choose the closest step under it instead of over it.