These chewy peanut butter cookies are made with pancake mix to save you time in the kitchen.

Pancake mix peanut butter cookies are so easy to make and they taste incredible. Using pancake mix is one shortcut worth taking.

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Peanut butter cookies have been popular for ages. And with good reason!

There aren’t many things more comforting than the smell and taste of a warm, chewy peanut butter cookie. Having a tried and true soft peanut butter cookies recipe in your back pocket is a must.

Baking from scratch doesn’t have to be difficult, but there are days when you just need a shortcut.

Shortcut Peanut Butter Cookies

One such shortcut is making cookies with a baking mix that you probably already have on hand. It saves time and the cookies always taste great.

In fact, my Bisquick peanut butter cookies inspired this recipe.

Many people landed on that recipe when looking for Bisquick peanut butter cookies without sweetened condensed milk, or a recipe that could be used with pancake mix instead of Bisquick.

Because so many people were looking for an alternative, I have delivered!

These easy peanut butter cookies use pancake mix and the recipe doesn’t contain any sweetened condensed milk.

It’s a makeover of an old from-scratch recipe a woman from my childhood church gave me–and it’s a winner!

If you love soft cookies, you’ll love how easy it is to make these pancake mix peanut butter cookies!

If you have a yellow cake mix on hand, you could also try my cake mix peanut butter cookies!

More Easy Cookie Recipes You Will Love:

• Bisquick Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Buttermilk Pancake Cookies
• Brownie Mix Cookies
• Bisquick Sugar Cookies
• Strawberry Jello Sugar Cookies
• Lemon Pudding Crinkle Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies Made with Pancake Mix

Pancake mix cookies are so easy to make and using the mix eliminates the need to add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. This can save time and also frustration.

How many times have you opened the baking powder to find it has caked into a solid mass that even a hammer and chisel couldn’t break through?

Pancake mix to the rescue! In fact, I have a whole list of things to make with pancake mix.

Baking with pancake mix is very similar to using Bisquick.

Generally speaking, Bisquick baking mix and pancake mix can be substituted for each other, though most pancake mixes have a bit more sugar than Bisquick does.

How to Make Pancake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies

It’s really easy to make these soft, chewy peanut butter cookies. You only need a handful of ingredients.

Ingredients You’ll Need:

• Unsalted butter
• Granulated sugar
• Brown sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Peanut butter
• Pancake mix
• Sugar for rolling cookies

How to Make It:

(Full printable recipe is available below)

Preheat and prep. First you’ll preheat you oven to 375F and prep your cookie sheets by lining them with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

Mix the batter. Next you’ll cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugars in the bowl of your stand mixer (or you can use a large bowl and an electric mixer).

Then add eggs and vanilla.

Gradually add the pancake mix until everything is combined, creating a soft dough.

Roll. Last, you’ll roll tablespoons of peanut butter cookie dough into balls and dip them into white sugar to coat (you can use a cookie scoop or just a tablespoon to scoop the dough).

Place the cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet. Use a fork to create a crisscross pattern in the cookie and flatten it slightly.

Bake. Transfer to the oven and bake for 7-9 minutes bake time, or until the edges just begin to brown.

Don’t overbake or else your cookies will be crunchy instead of soft and chewy!

Transfer to a cooling rack and allow them to cool for a few minutes before enjoying.

Notes and Adaptations:

• This recipe has not been tested with a gluten-free pancake mix. It might work just fine, but you can also consider trying these flourless peanut butter cookies if you are looking for a gluten-free option.
• Regular creamy peanut butter will work better than natural peanut butter that requires stirring and refrigeration.
• Feel free to add some chocolate chips to the dough if you’d like!
• If you are looking for some crunch, use crunchy peanut butter instead.
• You can skip rolling the cookies in sugar if you’d like, but I prefer the added sweetness.
• Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container.
• Need to cut the recipe in half for a smaller batch? Check out these tips for halving ingredients.