Updated December 2025: This cannabis peanut butter cookie recipe has been the #1 most popular recipe on this entire website for years - and for good reason! These cookies are ridiculously easy to make, taste amazing (no weird weed flavor), and you can freeze the dough for fresh hot cookies anytime.
After thousands of readers making these cookies and sharing their feedback, I've refined the instructions below to address the most common questions - especially about dosing, which is always the trickiest part of cannabis cooking.
Be sure to also check out: How to Make the Best Cannabis Cookies: Recipes, Tips, and Troubleshooting
A couple of years back a reader asked if I had a recipe for pot peanut butter cookies (actually she asked for pot peanut budder cookies, same thing).
I could not believe I had never published a cannabis peanut butter cookies before. Since then this Pot Peanut Butter Cookies recipe has been the overall most popular recipe on this entire website, and it has A LOT of competition.
What Kind of Peanut Butter for the Best Pot Peanut Butter Cookies?
In most cases I favor all-natural peanut butter, you know the kind that usually has a thick layer of oil on top and is made from just peanuts and salt. However, all-natural peanut butter does NOT make the best pot peanut butter cookies!
They come out kind of grainy and dry. I learned this the hard way. So, for this recipe, I recommend something like Jif or Skippy. Either creamy or crunchy style will do, as to your preference for chunks or no chunks.
I use marijuana-infused butter to medicate this Cannabutter Peanut Butter Cookies recipe. My How to Make Cannabis Butter tutorial will teach you how to make it.
Chilling the dough before baking helps keep the cookies from spreading out too much, although if you are impatient, you can skip this step, but expect thinner cookies.
Freezer Friendly Pot Peanut Butter Cookies
For hot medicated cookies anytime, freeze individual unbaked cookies on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a plastic freezer container or bag. Whenever you want a medicated treat, remove however many cookies you want at a time and bake according to recipe instructions, adding a minute or two to the baking time.
Understanding the Dosage in This Recipe
This recipe will have about 25mg THC per cookie IF you made your cannabutter from average cannabis (10% THC) and used 1/2 ounce of marijuana to make 1 cup butter.
Is 25mg too much for you? That's a pretty substantial dose for many people. Here are your options:
- Cut the cookies in half - Each half would be about 12.5mg
- Use less cannabutter - Swap some cannabutter for regular butter (see dosing calculator below)
- Make smaller cookies - 36 smaller cookies instead of 24 = about 17mg each
Don't know your ideal dose? Start at 10mg and adjust up or down by 5mg until you find your sweet spot. Everyone's different - some people need 50mg+, others are perfect at 5mg.
Want to be sure about YOUR dosage? My handy dosage calculator tools for $5 do all the math for you - they work with ANY strength cannabis you're using.
Pot Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cannabis infused butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter see note above
- 1 egg large
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Beat the butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the brown sugar and white sugar well.
- Lower mixer speed and beat in the peanut butter and the egg.
- Mix in the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Use clean hands to shape the dough into 24 small balls. Place about 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Flatten the cookies with a fork, pressing a crisscross pattern onto the surface.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until light brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 1 minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Making Marijuana Butter
This tutorial will teach you to make the marijuana butter used in this recipe.Edibles Dosing:
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Your Cannabis Peanut Butter Cookie Questions, Answered
Here's the deal: everyone's dosage is different. Some people like me require a higher dosage - I like 50mg or more. But 10mg can be way too much for others. If you don't know what's right for you, I suggest starting at 10mg and see how you feel. If it's not enough, increase by 5mg next time. If it's too much, try 5mg less. This method will help you find a dosage that's right for YOU. Want to take the guesswork out of dosing? My dosage calculator tools do all the math for you and work with any strength cannabis you're using. They're $5 and will save you from wasting weed (and money) on edibles that are too strong or too weak.
YES! This is actually my favorite way to use this recipe. Form the cookies, freeze them on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag. They'll last 3-4 months. Bake straight from frozen - just add a minute or two to the baking time. Fresh hot medicated cookies anytime you want them!
You can, but I prefer freezing the unbaked dough. If you do freeze baked cookies, use a vacuum sealer or wrap them really well to prevent them from getting soggy when they thaw.
Use regular peanut butter like Jif or Skippy - NOT all-natural. I learned this the hard way! All-natural peanut butter makes grainy, dry cookies. Save the fancy stuff for toast and use the regular kind for these cookies. Either creamy or crunchy works great..
The 3-hour chill helps prevent the cookies from spreading too much and gives you a thicker cookie. BUT if you're impatient (I get it), you can skip this step - just expect thinner, flatter cookies. They'll still taste great and still work!
You can, but I haven't tested it. The texture and taste will be somewhat different since butter adds flavor and moisture that oil doesn't. If you try it, use the same measurement (1/2 cup).
About a week at room temperature in an airtight container. Or freeze baked cookies for up to 3 months (though I prefer freezing the unbaked dough for fresher results).
Several readers have reported success using gluten-free flour blends! Just substitute 1:1 for the all-purpose flour.
Totally normal! Green cannabutter is actually a good sign - it means you extracted the chlorophyll along with the cannabinoids. The peanut butter flavor will mask most of the weed taste anyway. Read more about cannabutter color here
Pro Tips from Years of Student Feedback
- Use regular peanut butter - All-natural makes dry, grainy cookies
- Don't skip the beating - Beating the butter until fluffy gives you better texture
- Room temp butter is key - Especially if you store yours in the freezer like I do
- Freeze for later - Unbaked frozen cookie dough = fresh hot cookies anytime
- Start low on dosage - Better to eat two weak cookies than be stuck with one that's too strong
- Make a double batch - These go fast, and they freeze beautifully
- The crisscross is optional - That fork pattern is traditional but not required for taste
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Love these cookies and the dosing calculator makes sure they are not to potent
Thank you. They must be great because they are my most popular recipe out of all the recipes on the site.
These are great! Nice alternative to the standard choc chip.
I grow my own, and always shake up strains, so dosage is out the window for me. I just leave it up to trial and error on consumption. 😉
I am happy you enjoyed them!
I made these cookies yesterday. They turned out amazing! Thank you!! 🙂
Thank you for the kind words.
Cheri, you’re an angel for including the dosage for this recipe! They came out perfectly, and take no time at all to bake. Plus, there’s something special about combining the flavors of peanut butter with cannabis.
Thank you for the kind words.
Can u use thc butter in all ready prepackaged cookie mix and if so do u substitute the butter for the thc butter
Yes and yes. Substitute some or all of it. how much will depend on your dosing needs and the strength of the cannabis. For more information take my free online dosing course at Cannademy.com.
I am a fairly experienced cook., but this was my first attempt at a marijuana edible. This was an excellent was an excellent way to start.
YAY! I am so happy to hear that.
Do you have the nutritional values? Please and thans
I do not. Sorry.
Turned out fantastic!
How long will these keep for?
Probably a week or so. As long as any other cookie. You can also freeze unbaked cookies and bake as needed.
My Cannabutter is quite green, is this normal? I still smell and taste weed flavor in the butter.
That’s totally normal. See this article for details.
https://www.cannabischeri.com/food/cooking-basics/what-color-should-cannabutter-be/
Thank you Cheri, I rolled the dice anyway and the peanut butter removed the weed flavor and smell. The recipe is perfect! Cheers!
How many does it yield
It says right on the recipe, 24 cookies.
Can I use regular peanut butter or does it have to be Kraft
Kraft? wherever did you get that from? I didn’t even know Kraft made peanut butter. Any kind.
I doubled this recipe and boy are they good. Better yet, they work great for pain, with the strain (peanut butter runtz) I use.
Wonderful, that is what we love to hear!
I made a double batch and they were excellent. They looked just like the picture.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
outstanding!
I used your methods for decarb and the crockpot method for creating butter. Perfection!
I made simple spritz cookies with this butter, delicious!
~ 20 large cookies per cup of butter….
thank you!
Thank you!
Hi Cheri, looking forward to trying this recipe. Would it be OK to add chocolate chips?
Of course! That sounds delicious!
I’ve made plenty of cannibis cookies but these are by far the best! I don’t even taste the weed at all and it is very yummy. I did add some chopped walnuts. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. That’s what we love to hear!
Hi Cheri. I live in a high-altitude area and baking/cooking can be a challenge with certain recipes, particularly with cannabis. Would you happen to have this same Cannabis Peanut Butter Cookie recipe or any recommendations on the measurements for each of the ingredients for making these cookies in high altitude? Your assistance and insight is much appreciated. Thank you.
High altitude baking is always a challenge. I have no tested the recipe at altitude. The Food Network has some good suggestions here.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/packages/baking-guide/high-altitude-baking-tips
Could you swap put canna oil for the canna butter?
Probably but I have not tested it. It will change the taste and texture to some degree however.
Can you freeze the dough?
Thanks
Yes, if you read the post, I give instructions about freezing.
Hi Cheri…. I’ve made this recipe so many times and it’s wonderful. Quick question… I tried using your dosage calculator to figure out the dosage per cookie (24 for this recipe) using 3.5 gr. of flower with total THC of 25.04% . that’s what it says on the jar, but the dosage per piece came out to 36 milligrams per cookie?????? does that sound right? Seems like alot
See replay on your later comment.
In your above ‘Note about dosage for these cookies’, you state each cookie should have 25 mg per cookie IF you used average 10% flower and IF you made 1 cup of butter. But, the recipe calls for only 1/2 c. butter and I use only 7 gr. of flower for only 1/2 c. butter . What would the dosage be if the THC I decarb is 25.04% for 1/2 c. butter to make 24 cookies. ????
You can use the calulator for any amount you use, I just gave one example.
I made a mistake with my first comment about the dosage coming out to be 36 mg when using 3.5 gr. of flower to make 1/2 c. butter, but I actually use 7 gr. of flower to make 1/2 butter. What would the dosage be with the correction?
Making 24 cookies, I get 73 mg per cookie, which is quite high, so maybe eat hald unless you have a high tolerance.
Do you melt the butter or leave is solid?
Solid and beaten until fluffy, like the instructions say.
I’ve been making these for years and have never chilled the dough. They bake just fine.
Best recipe for peanut butter cookies. The dose of cannabutter is just rite.
I made these as gluten free and they were delicious.
Thank you so much for sharing!
These cookies are great. So easy to make and you can freeze some for later. Ive had many friends rave about the enjoyment, especially in the afternoon with a cup of coffee. It’s one of several recipes I’ve tried and I loved every one. Intend on trying many more. Thank you Cheri for your recipes and information. I really appreciate it.
Tahnk you so much for the kind words. There are TONS of recipes in the archives. Check out this link.
https://www.cannabischeri.com/food/recipes/
I substitute weed and use RSO oil. No need for decarbing for butter.
Used coconut oil mix for years and while they were great, replacing with cannabutter really made a difference. I double your awesome recipe and freeze most to bake fresh later.
Newly diagnosed Celiac… can I use gf flour???
You can try. I have never tested the recipe that way though. Please let us know how it comes out!
Easy to make, and they turn out great every time!