Honey Roasted Peanut Cookies are super crunchy brown sugar cookies with the sweet-salty flavor of honey roasted peanuts!
Why you'll love this recipe
- The crunchy cookie plus the crunchy chopped peanuts make these cookies doubly delicious.
- The sugar and honey coating on the honey roasted peanuts adds special flavor.
- A long shelf life makes these treats ideal for care packages and your cookie jar.
Honey Roasted Peanut Cookies have crunchy, brown sugar cookie dough accented with chopped bits of honey roasted peanuts. The brown sugar gives the cookies a warm, sweet toffee flavor..
Chop the peanuts finely for less texture or leave them chunky for added crunch.
Ingredients
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix until fluffy.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture to form cookie dough. Stir in the chopped peanuts.
- Use a small cookie scoop (2 teaspoons) to shape dough into dough balls. Place dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Use finger tips to slightly flatten the dough balls.
- Bake 10-13 minutes, until cookies are golden brown.
Storage
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 10 days.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, however, dark brown sugar provides a deeper color and richer flavor.
Yes. Cookies made with plain roasted peanuts will have the same peanut flavor, but less of the sweet-salty combination.
Food processors make chopping quick and easy. Be sure to use the pulse button and only pulse a few times to chop the peanuts. Over processing will turn the peanuts into peanut butter.
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Honey Roasted Peanut Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups dark brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped honey roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- On low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Mix until combined.
- Stir in chopped peanuts.
- Using a small cookie scoop (2 teaspoons) place dough on prepared baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Using finger tips (moisten slightly if sticking) flatten the dough balls slightly to 1 ½” diameter.
- Bake 10-13 minutes, until golden. Cool on wire racks.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 10 days.
Notes
- Wrap small stacks of cookies in plastic wrap.
- Place wrapped bundles in an airtight container or freezer weight ziplock bag.
Nutrition
First Published: November 30, 2012. Last Updated: January 10, 2025. Updated for additional information, improved photographs, and better reader experience.
Jody
THIS RECIPE LOOKED REALLY GOOD. BUT THERE IS ONE PROBLEM.PEANUT BUTTER IS NOT LISTED ON THIS RECIPE. 🧐
Wendy Sondov
Hi, Jodi. I'm not sure what you are referring to. This recipe doesn't contain peanut butter (It's not listed in the ingredients, nor is it mentioned in the blog post or instructions). The cookies get their peanut flavor from the chopped honey roasted peanuts. If you are looking for a peanut butter cookie, there are several on The Monday Box. If you type "peanut butter" in the search bar, you will see them.
christina demetriou
Thankyou for replying regards to chopping the nuts, one last question , it says it makes 40 but doesn't sound right ?
Wendy Sondov
Each cookie uses only 2 teaspoons of dough because the dough spreads quite a bit. You could make them larger, but they would require a longer baking time. The recipe does make 40 cookies. 🙂
christina demetriou
Hi , do I keep the peanuts whole or do you chop them up ? Also Is freezing the cookies uncooked okay? Thankyou
Wendy Sondov
Hi, Christina. The peanuts should be chopped. I'm correcting that in the recipe now. Freezing cookie dough balls is my favorite way to freeze cookies. I scoop the cookie dough onto a wax paper or parchment paper lined pan. The scoops can be very close together, just not touching. Then I freeze the filled pan for about 2 hours. Once the dough balls are frozen you can put them in a freezer weight ziplock bag and they won't stick together. I write baking instructions on the front of the bag in permanent marker.
Genevieve
is it me? but directions say add eggs, but ingredients don't say eggs. I started to make these and noticed this. I hope it's 2 eggs because it says eggs. Guess I will find out.
The Monday Box
Hi Genevieve. I am so sorry about the missing ingredients and the strange instructions. You, of course, were correct in that there was no egg in the ingredients but the directions said to add "the eggs". I would have done exactly what you did and added two eggs. This recipe is from 5 years ago, so I will have to look back at my baking notes. In the meantime, I looked at both recipes from which this one was adapted and both called for 1 egg. I changed the recipe to correct for the missing egg and will see if I can find my baking notes to see if that quantity is correct. Again, I apologize for the error and hope that your cookies were a success even with an extra egg.
Stephanie
Now these are the type of recipe reviews I love! Pinned.
themondaybox
Thank you, Stephanie! I appreciate the pin too! I hope you stop by often. 🙂
chewoutloud
Y-U-M! Thanks for the follow. I love honey roasted peanuts, too... my kiddos eat 'em up. You're so blessed to have 2 older kids who didn't go far for college 🙂
themondaybox
I was really excited to find your blog, Amy. Every recipe looks delicious to me! I plan to try several of your recipes soon. I hope you try these cookies and let me know what you think. You are right about being blessed. Both of my kids chose schools about 6 hours from St. Louis. Six hours is a very do-able drive. My daughter liked monthly visits. My son enjoys a little more independence 🙂 No one complains about cookies though.