Description
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies deliver pure comfort straight from the kitchen’s heart. Crumbly chocolate dough blended with rich peanut butter creates a perfect sweet treat your taste buds will absolutely adore.
Ingredients
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Primary Ingredients:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
Supporting Ingredients:
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Finishing Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Warm your oven to 350°F (175°C) and cover two baking sheets with parchment paper. This ensures your cookies won’t stick.
- Blend ½ cup softened unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, and ½ cup brown sugar in a large bowl until the mixture becomes fluffy and light, about 2-3 minutes using an electric mixer.
- Incorporate 1 large egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, mixing until completely smooth.
- Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter to the mixture, stirring until the texture becomes uniform and silky.
- In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup all-purpose flour, ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt. Whisk these dry ingredients thoroughly.
- Slowly fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring just until everything is incorporated. Do not overmix your dough.
- If desired, gently mix in ½ cup peanut butter chips, distributing them evenly throughout the dough.
- Drop rounded tablespoon-sized portions of dough onto prepared baking sheets, spacing each cookie 2 inches apart to allow room for spreading.
- Slide the baking sheets into the preheated oven and bake for 9-11 minutes. Your cookies are ready when the edges look set and the centers appear slightly soft.
- Remove from oven and let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes to firm up slightly.
- Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack and allow them to cool completely, which helps them achieve the perfect chewy texture.
Notes
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking to prevent spreading and create a thicker, chewier cookie.
- Use room temperature ingredients to help the butter and egg blend more smoothly and create a better texture.
- For a gluten-free version, swap the all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend and check that your cocoa powder is certified gluten-free.
- Press a few extra peanut butter chips on top of each cookie right after baking for a more intense flavor and beautiful presentation.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 9-11 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 193
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 105 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg