Homemade Peanut Butter Cookie Dough that is safe to eat and great to add to a layer cake! You can add this to ice cream or make truffles with it as well!
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
I love cookie dough (even with eggs… I’m reckless like that).
This recipe is without eggs, so rest assured, it can be devoured safely! I’ve made this cookie dough before and made it for truffles, pops, and as an add-in for ice cream. It’s quite versatile.
Wondering how I got it in that perfect disk? I used a springform pan and lined the bottom and sides with parchment paper and did my best to get it flat and even. This worked like a charm to just place it between my cake layers. Try it with your buttercream as well. It was an easy way to get an amazing center! Just be sure to use the same sized pans that you baked the cakes in. You can make this the day before baking and transfer it out of the pan to bake in it.
Be sure to keep the cookie dough cold, so wrap it in plastic wrap and put it into a Ziplock bag to store it in the fridge.
I know how much you love cookie dough, so why not try some Cookie Dough Brownies, or some Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars, or take it one step further with Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches!!
This recipe is part one of a three part series including Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake recipes.
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
This creamy peanut butter cookie dough can be added to ice cream or layered in a cake.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (chunky or smooth will both work, so pick your favorite kind)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Blend butter and peanut butter in a mixing bowl. Add in the sugars and blend until smooth. Add in remaining ingredients.
- Line a 9 inch round cake pan with parchment paper (bottom and sides).
- Transfer the cookie dough into the pan and smooth. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to settle the dough.
- Place in the fridge overnight.
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I love this, Karyn! It looks fantastic in the cake. I can only imagine how incredible it would be in ice cream!!
chocolate or vanilla ice cream with little pb cookie dough chunks, so good!!
Congrats to your 1 Month of managing 2 blogs!! That’s just crazy to me, but you’re doing AWESOME!
Thanks Holly. It is crazy, but so far so good!
I love that picture. It’s a whole wedge of cookie dough. I’ll take that with a fork please.
Yep! That is a two cup disk of cookie dough!
Congrats of your first month! I’m very excited to see the end result of this cake 🙂 The entire blog is such a great concept, genius!
Thanks so much. I thought about just posting once a week of the final product, but I don’t bake that way, and I figured that most busy people don’t either. So, this is a great approach to having a wonderful dessert without killing yourself in the kitchen!
I agree completely!
Karyn, that chocolate and peanut butter cake looks absolutely divine!! Thanks for sharing and I definitely want to try this! Have a great week!
This looks AMAZING!!! Hard to go wrong with peanut butter 🙂
Ya can’t! Simple as that.
Yeah, slice me a wedge of that bad boy to celebrate! Or better yet, hand it to me and let me eat it in peace. In LOVE with that 2 cup circle of tastiness!
Be patient and wait until it’s sandwiched between cake! It’s much better.
OMG. NO. YES. WAIIIIT OMG mind = blown.
I will be trying this for sure!!
YUMMY!
can’t wait until i can make this
It was great! It can be made in a day if you have the time. Enjoy it!
Just printed the three recipes out, my kids and grandkids will love this….thanks for the slicing tip.
I hope everyone in your household enjoys it was much as we did!
Looks great! However, I didn’t own any springform pans, so I wonder if it’s easy to take out the cold dough out of a normal tin pan? Any advice?
Yes. You can use a cake pan. Just remember to line it to make it easier to remove.