If you’re anything like me and love peanut butter, then this recipe is perfect for you! It’s a peanut butter lover’s dream. There is peanut butter in the dough as well as in the chips and mini cups mixed in and pressed on top. The cookie itself is a bit crunchy on the outside but moist and full of rich flavor on the inside. Stephen isn’t always the biggest fan of cake-like cookies but he requested these… and ate three of them in a matter of minutes. The recipe calls for Dutch-process cocoa powder… don’t skimp. It’s really what gives the base of these cookies their flavor. If you think buying “expensive” cocoa powder is a waste of money, think again. I use it for brownies, cookies, cupcakes, ice cream, and muddy buddies. In fact, I need to order another pouch of it from here. Anyway, I hope you’ll give these a try. You won’t be disappointed.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 7 tbsp cocoa powder - Dutch-process
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 tbsp butter - room temperature
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter - heaping
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp whole milk
- 1 cup peanut butter cups - chopped
- 1 cup peanut butter baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Gently whisk to combine.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine sugars, peanut butter and butter. Beat on medium speed for approximately 1-2 minutes until creamed. Add the egg, vanilla extract and milk. Mix until smooth.
- With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients until incorporated.
- Remove from mixer and gently fold in peanut butter chips and ½ c. chopped peanut butter cups with a spatula (reserve the other ½ c.).
- Using a dough scoop, drop dough (about 3 tbsp.) onto the lined baking sheets (the cookies will not spread very much, so they can be about 2 inches apart from each other). Gently press to flatten them a bit, then press a few pieces of the remaining peanut butter cups into each cookie.
- Place in oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating the pan half way through the baking process (the cookies will look slightly underbaked, but that's ok, you don't want to overbake them). Remove from oven and let cool on sheets for 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 24serving | Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 143mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour
Natalie,Yum, yum! I love making cookies, and King Arthur always has great recipes. I have a few recipes over at my blog I think you might like.I’m visiting from the Nifty Thrifty linky party.Thanks for sharing,Laura
Natalie! This looks ridiculously delicious. I’m in love with peanut butter, so this cookie will have to be added to the list here. I still can’t believe you got to shake Mitt’s hand! So jealous! Makes me want to live in Florida right now.