These cookies are a step above the usual peanut butter cookie recipes. They’re thick, soft, and stay perfectly chewy,

These peanut butter cookies not only require minimal ingredients, but take just half an hour to make and can be customized endlessly.

You want cookies and you want them, well, yesterday. Behold, these peanut butter cookies—courtesy of Feel Good Foodie blogger Yumna Jawad—require a mere three (3!) ingredients and take 20 minutes total to make.

There a few reasons why we still crisscross the top of peanut butter cookies—and why it isn't totally necessary.

You’re probably already adding a pinch of salt to your cookie dough or sprinkling flaky sea salt over baked cookies to balance the sweetness. That’s the purpose of miso in cookie dough, to help balance sweetness and bring just a hint of umami that heightens and enhances all the other flavors.