The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
Chewy on the inside - crispy on the outside. Drizzled with chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup peanut butter Jif or Skippy recommended
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate or Hershey bars or milk chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar until combined. Beat in eggs one at a time, Add vanilla.
- Turn mixer on low speed and add dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Using a 2 Tbsp size cookie scoop, scoop dough and roll into balls. Roll balls in sugar and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Using a fork or the spiked side of a meat mallet gently make impressions on top of cookie.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until cookies begin to brown on edges. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Melt chocolate in microwave safe bowl in microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring after 30 seconds. It should be melted after 30 seconds depending on your wattage. This should take no more than 1 minute total.
- Place chocolate in a ziploc sandwich bag and cut a small hole in corner. Use this to drizzle chocolate over your cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 30cookiesCalories: 183kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 4gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 133mgPotassium: 84mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 19IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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