Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

I thought this would be a fun post after the last one since it is its opposite. I made these for my Sunday School class this week and they were definitely a hit! I loved them...I couldn't stop eating them. If you love peanut butter and chocolate, you will love these cookies.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Adapted from Gourmet.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process)
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 2/3 cups (10 oz. bag) peanut butter chips
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (about 8 oz.)


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Into a bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy and beat in egg and vanilla until well combined. Beat in flour mixture until just combined and stir in chips.

Drop dough by tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto un-greased baking sheets and bake in batches in middle of oven until cookies are just set and begin to crack on top, about 12 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets on racks 1 minute and with a spatula transfer to racks to cool completely.

*I only baked my cookies for 10 minutes and they turned out gooey and chewy, just the way I like them.

Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chunks

Chocolate and peanut butter! How could you go wrong!? I found this recipe and thought that it looked interesting because it calls for honey. Other than jam (and chocolate, of course), honey is the best with peanut butter!! It reminds me of those peanut butter and honey sandwiches my mom used to make me when I was little. These are great cookies. Give them a try!

Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
Adapted from Bon Appetit.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup old-fashioned chunky peanut butter (about 9 0z.)
1 cup golden brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temp
1/4 cup honey
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz. semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used chocolate chips)

Directions:

Mix flour, oats, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat peanut butter, brown sugar, butter, honey, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir dry ingredients into peanut butter in two additions. Stir in chopped chocolate. Cover and refrigerate until dough is firm and no longer sticky, about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter 2 heavy large baking sheets. With hands, roll 1 heaping tablespoonful of dough for each cookie into 1 3/4 inch-diameter ball. Arrange cookies on prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 1/2 inches apart. Bake cookies until puffed, beginning to brown on top and still very soft to touch, about 12 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes . Using metal spatula, transfer cookies to rack and cool completely.

*I just used a cookie scoop and it worked just fine.