Chewy Orange Peanut Butter Cookies: Mild Zest, Easy One Egg Recipe! – Beauty Cooks Kisses

Prepare to be delighted by a truly unique cookie experience. These orange peanut butter cookies offer a surprising and harmonious blend of flavors. Picture the classic comfort of peanut butter, gently kissed by a mild, zesty orange essence for a tad of brightness. The texture? These chewy homemade cookies have a satisfying firmness that’s neither crisp nor crumbly, but a slightly softer interior. Baked into beautiful, walnut-sized spheres, these cookies are as visually appealing as they are delicious. Get ready to discover your new favorite baked treat!

Why Make These Orange Peanut Butter Cookies

These citrus peanut butter cookies have merit that goes beyond just scrumptious taste. To begin with, you’ll love the fact that this is an easy cookie recipe that is also no-fail that uses only one egg. These chewy cookies also are lovely in appearance in the shape they form after rolling walnut-size balls of dough in your hand as they bake. Something else worth mentioning is that this cookie recipe is not overly sweet, but just right in delivering a perfect and satisfying sweetness.

How to Make Orange Peanut Butter Cookies

The aroma of warm peanut butter and a hint of citrus fills the kitchen as these orange peanut butter cookies bake. Let’s get baking!

Ingredients:

2 cups of sifted flour
3/4 teaspoon of baking soda, leveled
½ teaspoons of baking powder, leveled
1/4 teaspoon of salt
½ cups of peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
½ cups of butter, softened
1 teaspoon of orange extract or grated rind of one orange
½ cups of sugar
½ cups of brown sugar, firmly packed (light or dark)
1 large egg, unbeaten
1/4 cup of orange juice

Instructions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, sift together: the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; then repeat the process and sift a second time.
2. In another mixing bowl, cream the peanut butter, butter, orange rind or extract and sugars thoroughly with your electric mixer.
3. Now beat in the egg to the creamed ingredients.
4. Add the sifted dry ingredients, alternating with the orange juice and beat through until smooth after each addition.
5. Grease the cookie sheets next.
6. Shape the cookies into walnut size balls and place them about two inches apart on the cookie sheets.
7. Bake in a 375-degree oven for about 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.
8. Leave the cookies in the pan for about two minutes to let them firm up before removing them to a cooling rack.
9. ENJOY!

I hope that you’ll want to try baking this fantastic one egg orange and peanutty cookie recipe. Please if you make this recipe, share it with your family and friends and do come back to my blog for more.

Picture the classic comfort of peanut butter, gently kissed by a mild, zesty orange essence for a tad of brightness in a chewy cookie.

Course:

Dessert, Snack

Cuisine:

American

Keyword:

baking with oranges, easy cookie recipes, one egg recipe, orange cookies, orange peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cookies

Author: Mary Balandiat

• 2
  cups
  of sifted flour
• 3/4
  teaspoon
  of baking soda
  leveled
• ½
  teaspoons
  of baking powder
  leveled
• 1/4
  teaspoon
  of salt
• ½
  cups
  of peanut butter
  creamy or crunchy
• ½
  cups
  of butter
  softened
• 1
  teaspoon
  of orange extract or grated rind of one orange
• ½
  cups
  of sugar
• ½
  cups
  of brown sugar
  firmly packed (light or dark)
• 1
  large egg
  unbeaten
• 1/4
  cup
  of orange juice

1. In a large mixing bowl, sift together: the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; then repeat the process and sift a second time.

2. In another mixing bowl, cream the peanut butter, butter, orange rind or extract and sugars thoroughly with your electric mixer.

3. Now beat in the egg to the creamed ingredients.

4. Add the sifted dry ingredients, alternating with the orange juice and beat through until smooth after each addition.

5. Grease the cookie sheets next.

6. Shape the cookies into walnut size balls and place them about two inches apart on the cookie sheets.

7. Bake in a 375-degree oven for about 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.

8. Leave the cookies in the pan for about two minutes to let them firm up before removing them to a cooling rack.

9. ENJOY!

Other Tasty Orange and Peanut Butter Recipes of Mine

The recipes below are just a sampling of some of our favorite family recipes using orange or peanut butter. More are available through my search box so check them out.

Orange Meringue Pie

Coconut Orange Cake with Crunchy Topping

Low-Calorie Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Creamy Nutty Frosting

Peanut Butter Streusel Pie