Chocolate Chip - Peanut Butter Cookies
"From Bon Appetit June 2010"
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2⁄3 cup natural-style peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1⁄3 cup sugar, plus
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 (2 1/8 ounce) butterfinger candy bars, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat peanut butter, butter, butter 1/3 C sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla extract, then flour mixture (dough will look crumbly), Stir in chocolate chips and candy bar.
- Place remaining 1/4 C sugar in a small bowl. Using 1 1/2 T. dough for each cookie, roll dough between palms to form balls. Roll balls in sugar and place on baking sheets, spacing 1-inch apart. Press cookies down into 1/3-inch rounds.
- Bake cookies until edges are golden brown, 15-16 minutes. Transfer parchment paper with cookies to rack and cool.
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I'm a happily married mother of two and I own a jewelry and accessory business. My husband and I were vegan for six years, we now eat poultry and fish. My husband is a personal trainer and competitive bodybuilder, so it's very important that we eat healthy... too bad I have such a sweet-tooth!
