Ok, ok, I know what you might be thinking, do we really need another cookie recipe in our life? Doesn’t someone come up with a new-fangled spin on cookies every day? Well maybe we do and maybe we don’t, and sure, but this is my new-fangled recipe for a mash-up of Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and they are everything in life I want them to be!
So I have had the idea for these cookies rolling around in my head for a few years now. I would always think, why not swap the regular butter in chocolate chip cookies for peanut butter, but then follow the recipe unchanged to the end? Wouldn’t that just make for a fantastic cookie?
Well, I always thought about it but never got my butt in the kitchen and actually did it, until now! What I have done with this recipe is made it a big batch version and combined the work of a peanut butter cookie and chocolate chip cookie recipe into the same bowl. It’s like a cookie mash-up!
I made these cookies with all my favorite things in them, and that’s probably why I think they are so fantastic. I know many may scoff, but my favorite chips to use are milk. And the addition of the extra crispy Virginia peanuts just sends it over the top!
I know I am on a bit of a simplicity kick, but the most basic of ingredients make me the happiest. And if you have been following me for any amount of time you probably know that peanut butter is one of my favorite things EVER!
Bringing these cookies together…
What I have done with this recipe is really mix the two cookie styles together. I use a blend of white and brown sugars as well as regular and peanut butter. This helps keep the flavor light enough to still taste the peanut butter while giving the outer edges a crisp and the interior tender.
It really provides the best of both worlds and the flavor and texture combo I look for in a cookie.
The one KEY ingredient that I would have to say is a MUST is the Virginia peanuts. They are extra crunchy which is something you will want in this cookie. First, because they hold their texture after baking, and their flavor is just a little more robust so they don’t get lost in the cookie.
Seek them out, I but they big can of them at Costco because like I said earlier, I am a peanut lover through and through!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter room temperature
- 1/2 C Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 1/2 C Light Brown Sugar packed
- 1 1/2 C Granulated Sugar
- 4 lg Eggs
- 2 T Vanilla Extract
- 5 C AP Flour
- 2 1/2 t Baking Soda
- 1 t Kosher Salt
- 1 1/2 C Milk Chocolate Chip
- 1 1/2 C Virginia Peanuts salted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line 2 baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, peanut butter, and sugars together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla, beat until blended.
- Turn the mixer off and add the flour, baking soda and salt to the bowl. Mix on medium just until mixed in. Turn the mixer to high speed for a few seconds to pull the dough together.
- Add the chocolate chips and peanuts and beat on low for about 15 seconds to thoroughly mix in the chips and nuts.
- Using a spring-action ice cream scoop, drop rounded scoops on the lined baking sheet. Press gently flatten them by half.
- Bake until flattened and some cracks have formed 12 to 14 minutes.
- Cool on the pan for 1 minute, then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
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