Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies ~ The Ultimate Comfort Food
Chocolate chip cookies are good, but peanut butter chocolate chip cookies really take it up a notch. This is the ultimate comfort food! Every bite is chewy, peanut buttery, and chocolatey. So good! They just melt in your mouth.
This recipe is a little different because it uses maple syrup – or honey – instead of corn syrup. This makes them a bit healthier and give them a better flavor. Then there’s the issue of the peanut butter. Peanut butter cookie recipes often call for creamy peanut butter, but why not give chunky peanut butter a try? It adds another level or texture and flavor that your family will love.
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 24cookies
Ingredients
½cupbutter
½cuppeanut butter
1cupbrown sugarpacked
½cupwhite sugar
2eggs
2tablespoonspure maple syrup or raw unfiltered honey
2tablespoonswater
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
2 ½cupsall purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
2cupssemisweet chocolate or chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place rack in the center of oven.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.
In a small bowl, beat the eggs, one at a time and add to the peanut butter mixture.
Stir in the maple syrup (or honey), water, and vanilla into the peanut butter mixture.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir it into the peanut butter mixture to form a cookie batter. Be careful to not overmix.
Fold the chocolate chips or chunks in the batter.
Optional: Chill the covered dough in the refrigerator for one hour before baking.
Use a ¼ cup measuring cup to scoop up some batter and place it on an ungreased baking sheet. Continue, spacing the cookies about 3 inches apart.
Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer them to wire racks to finish cooling.