A lot of cuisines feature peanut butter as a savory component, and ohmygosh it is magical. Check out these recipes, starting clockwise from the top left corner:

Sesame Peanut Butter Noodles: I LOVE this recipe. Not only is it crazy delicious, it comes together in a flash! It makes a great accompaniment to your favorite Asian dish, or add some protein and make it your main! Peanut Butter Hummus: Okay, this sounds totally weird. But think about it. Carrots and pita chips are great with hummus, and they’re also great with peanut butter…so why not combine hummus and peanut butter? I’m dying to try this out! African Beef and Peanut Stew: When I roomed with my best friend at college, she would make “peanut butter stew.” It was AMAZING. I tried to find a recipe as close as possible to the recipe she used. Try it! You won’t be disappointed! Peanut Butter Dressing: With few exceptions, the only reason to eat salad is for the dressing. Amirite? I bet this dressing would be delicious on a number of things. I can’t wait to try it! Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Chicken: Slow cooker recipes are awesome because they save you time. And this recipe puts peanut butter front and center! This will definitely become a part of my dinner rotation…yum! Thai Peanut Sauce: I always order something with peanut sauce when I get Thai food…I’m so excited to be able to bring it home with this spicy sauce!

Once you’ve had dinner, it’s time for dessert! I’ve listed these recipes going clockwise from the top left corner.

Copycat Sonic Peanut Butter Shake: I can never get the proportions right for my milkshakes. Here’s a peanut butter milkshake recipe with all the right stuff, in the right amount. It’s sure to be exquisite! Peanut Butter Sheet Cake: While I love to eat peanut butter straight from the jar with a spoon, this cake would be a classy and delightful way to step up my peanut butter game! Plus, it includes a peanut butter frosting recipe, which could be used to top brownies or cookies as well! Oh the decadent possibilities…. Peanut Butter Lava Cookies: If you’re looking to make easy peanut butter cookies, look no further than this recipe for peanut butter cookies. Not only are they a snap to make, they’re unlike any peanut butter cookie you’ve ever made, in the best way. Just three ingredients, and you get molten peanut butter goodness. Mmmmmm. Peanut Butter Cookie Lasagna: Wait. Lasagna? Did you read that right? Yes you did. If you need a dessert that will impress people, this is it. Not only is it totally luscious, it’s gorgeous to behold. It’s just like an icebox cake, except it uses nutter butter cookies and includes vanilla pudding. Excuse me, I need to go buy ingredients. Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls: This blogger admits that these rolls are not correctly named, because there is, in fact, no cinnamon in them. But I bet if you added a little cinnamon, they would still be amazing. Cinnamon or no, these are definitely what I want to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Peanut Butter Popcorn: In addition to loving peanut butter, I also love movies. I cannot imagine a more perfect snack to eat as I watch Legally Blonde for the hundredth time.

Did you know that there are a ton of peanut butter benefits?

Peanut butter is chock full of protein, potassium and heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. It’s been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease, type two diabetes, and even prevent gallstones! It’s also high in niacin, which has been show to lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

Like anything, of course, peanut butter should be eaten in moderation–that’s why these recipes are healthy-ish.

Peanut Butter Oat Bars: With only three ingredients, this is like the peanut butter oatmeal cookie recipe of your dreams–you know, those dreams where you can eat as much as you want and not gain weight? Is that just me? Oh well. These bars look totally amazing–perfect to have on hand for a quick breakfast or snack! Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars: Another great snack to put in lunches, or have after work or school–or for breakfast, why not? These bars would be perfect if you’re looking for a little more crunch than oat bars can give you. Both of these recipes are no-bake, too! Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie: Remember how peanut butter is high in protein? It makes a GREAT addition to smoothies! Here’s a recipe for a peanut butter protein shake that maximizes peanut butter flavor. Good for giving you energy all day! Peanut Butter Granola: This blogger suggests adding chocolate chips to the mix if you’re into that sort of thing (I am. I so am). Or you could be a peanut butter purist (which I am. Sometimes) and forgo the chocolate chips. Either way, this granola is sure to be tasty! Peanut Butter Cups: Don’t get me wrong, chocolate and peanut butter belong together. But sometimes, I just really want peanut butter…and these peanut butter cups seem like an incredible way to get it! Plus they’re only three ingredients. I LOVE recipes with just a few ingredients. Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Mini Blender Muffins: Whew! That is a mouthful! But the awesome thing is, by the time you’re done saying the title of this recipe, you can have them made! This is another one of my go-to recipes. It is SO yummy and simple! Plus, low-carb and gluten free. Word to the wise: first of all, you can make regular size muffins with this recipe too. The bake time is about the same–be sure to just check them after eight minutes. Also, Nutella does NOT work the same as peanut butter in a recipe. Maybe you already knew that, but I learned the hard way…by swapping peanut butter for Nutella in the above recipe. It was still delicious, but a total mess that had to be scraped from the muffin tins. Learn from my mistake!

Hacks

Maybe you’ve been counting and you’ve realized that we’ve only reached eighteen ways to bring peanut butter to the next level. This is the part that I’ve been waiting to share with you…peanut butter HACKS. Uses for peanut butter that have nothing to do with food that you never knew about (probably). Here are my favorite hacks that I’ve found. Eliminate odors. Did you cook something on the stove that left a stink in your kitchen, like fish? Throw a tablespoon of peanut butter in the pan you used and saute it for a minute or two–it will absorb the odor! Remove sticky residue. You know that sticky stuff that gets left behind stickers? Isn’t that just the worst? Well, by rubbing a little peanut butter on it, you can get that off, too! Fix a scratched CD/DVD. Rub a little peanut butter (smooth, of course!) onto the scratched surface of a CD or DVD, and wipe clean with a soft cloth. This is something I need, I hate it when my cds skip!! Clean vinyl and leather furniture. The oils in peanut butter are great for cleaning and polishing the surface! Use a small amount on a soft cloth and rub in a circular motion. Be warned, the surface you’ve cleaned WILL smell like peanut butter. Fix furniture scratches. Rub a good amount of peanut butter onto the scratches and let it sit for an hour. Buff away with a soft cloth. Ice cream cone sealant. Before you scoop ice cream into a cone, put some peanut butter in the bottom–that way, you won’t get any sticky drips, PLUS it will be a delicious surprise! Well, there you have it. Twenty-four ways to bring peanut butter to the next level. Let me know how it goes when you try these out, or if you know of any other interesting or scrumptious uses for peanut butter!

You may need some stuff to get you started…I definitely recommend using parchment paper for easy clean up, and of course you’re going to need peanut butter! Check out the Amazon links below!

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My 20 year-old daughter ate so many of them that she told me not to make another batch for a long time. If you eat too many of these cookies in one day they can make you sick to your stomach. She learned that the hard way.

It didn’t stop her from eating a few more the following day! There is however a debate in our house about the peanut butter frosting.  Half of the family preferred the cookies without frosting, and the rest of us LOVED the peanut butter frosting and wanted some on every cookie we consumed.

Personally, I tried the cookies without frosting and thought they were great.  I also tried the frosting without a cookie. Uh, let me just say it’s amazing!

In my humble opinion, the real magic happens when you combine the two! They can be made ahead and frozen, just allow about one and one-half hours for thawing. Then frost them just before serving.  If you are serving them at a large gathering, I suggest a double batch. Leave a comment below and let me know if you prefer them with or without the peanut butter frosting!

I have two lovely ladies to thank for these cookies, Julie from Table for Two where I found the cookie recipe and Gloria from Simply Gloria for the frosting recipe.

For the full printable Peanut Butter Pumpkin Cookies recipe, hop on over to My Kitchen Escapades right now where I guest posted this recipe!

A few more of our favorite cookie recipes!

Baklava Cookies

Gluten Free Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

Chewy Lemon Cookies Glazed

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I have tried to several recipes, but had not settled on a solid go to recipe for peanut butter cookies. Until now. These are Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies.

My husband says they are most definitely the new go to peanut butter cookie in our house. Are you wondering why 3 recipes, but 4 batches of cookies? Once we settled on our favorite recipe, we ate the entire batch. I had to make more to take pictures for you!

The search for the Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies is not the real reason I went on this quest. The real reason? I made these to make up for the awful, horrible, bad thing I did.
My husband and I are working on our SCUBA certification. Last week, we had one of our training sessions. The previous session was at the pool, and I was freezing even though I was in a wet suit. So I was really nervous about this certification, because it was at the quarry.

Where the water is cold.

And murky.

And dirty.

I was dreading it and complaining every chance I got. But it had to be done. Because I really like SCUBA diving and my husband and I would like to be able to do deeper dives on our next cruise, and we’ll need to be certified for that. I bought a shirt for extra warmth to wear under my wetsuit.

That worked perfectly and kept me comfortable. The poor visibility in the murky water turned out to be the real challenge.One of the skills we had to demonstrate was navigation. I am directionally challenged in the first place. I get lost in malls, forget where I parked my car, and GPS is a life saver for me. So navigating from point A to B using a compass, underwater, with 6 foot visibility had me  more than a little nervous.

I begged my husband not to leave me. He promised to stay close by me and we would do this together.

I took my bearings.

Set my compass.

Went to a depth of 15 feet.

And looked for my husband. He was right there. So I looked at my compass, and took off. I was so focused on staying in the right direction, I forgot about depth.

Until it got cold.

Really cold.

I had dropped to 20 feet, so I quickly swam back up to 15 feet. I checked my compass and looked for my husband.

He was gone.

I looked for the instructor.

Gone.

I was alone. In the icky, murky, dirty water.

I panicked.

I followed the compass and took off. Fast. I figured the safest thing to do was get to where we were supposed to be so I would meet up with the other class members as quickly as possible. Joe, our instructor, tapped me and pointed to go up. I have no idea where he came from. I swear I couldn’t find him before.

When I surfaced, I immediately looked for my husband. Joe knew that and pointed out his bubbles. They were pretty far back. But they were headed in a straight line coming right to where he should be.

Until they turned.

And then circled.

And with tremendous guilt I watched the bubble evidence of him getting horribly disoriented.

And I knew why.

He was looking for me. Keeping his promise.

And I had left him.

Joe had to go get him.

It was that bad.

The least he deserved was a perfect batch of his favorite cookies! Whether or not you are guilty of anything, you are going to love these cookies. My hubby voted for these based on strong peanut butter flavor, texture, and that they stayed soft, which we didn’t find out until the second batch, because we ate the first batch so quickly.

For Lan at the Angry Asian these cookies were her gift to Santa. I bet he was happy. No wonder he is so fat.

This pin rocks!

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Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour - Make sure to measure exactly. To get a good measure I scoop the flour and level with a knife.

Instructions

• Combine butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla until blended.
• Combine remaining dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture until well combined. Dough will seem dry.
• Form dough into balls by pressing together and rolling between the palms of your hands and place on Silpat or parchment paper lined cookie sheet..
• Using a fork, press down the balls and create a criss cross pattern.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven until for about 7 (or LESS!) minutes until they look just barely done, almost underdone. DO NOT over bake! The cookies will get dry and crumbly if over baked. Look for a blonde cookie, rather than golden brown edges.
• Cool completely on wire rack and store in airtight container.

Notes

Makes 2 dozen.

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Take a look at these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies that I pinned from Broma Bakery!  Now this is my kinda peanut butter sandwich!

I have two daughters who are both married and let me tell you, we certainly lucked out on who they married.  I LOVE my relationship with my two sons-in-law.  In fact my youngest daughter and her husband are living with us right now and it is SO fun to have them here.

I  LOVE spoiling these guys by cooking food for them.  So while my son-in-law is here with us I wanted to make him these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies because he loves peanut butter.  No I mean he LOVES ANYTHING peanut butter.  Like in peanut butter smoothies, peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter frozen yogurt.  TOTAL PEANUT BUTTER LOVE.  His second favorite thing is chocolate.  So when he saw these cookies cooling and I told him that I was making a peanut butter creme filling for them, he said… “You know what might also be good with these?  Nutella.”

Brilliant.

I had to shoo him out of the kitchen until these pictures were taken but after that, they were gone.  I did manage to eat my share and this will be a cookie that we will definitely be making again and I hope that you will too!   Enjoy!

If you like these Peanut  Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies,  check out these other cookie recipes!

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