Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I adapted this recipe from one of my favorite Pastry Chef’s and bloggers, David Lebovitz. The only adaptation I made was adding chocolate chips. Personally, peanut butter doesn’t excite me by itself, but when you add chocolate (or jam in PB & J’s case) into the equation, it’s a whole different story. My cookies also took a bit longer to cook, but that’s because my English oven is a bit dodgy. Enjoy!

Makes 30 cookies

• 1 1/4 cups (175 g) All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (4 ounces/115 g) Butter, melted
• 1/2 cup (100 g) Granulated Sugar, plus more for coating the cookies
• 1/2 cup (120 g) Brown Sugar, packed
• 1 cup (260 g) Creamy Peanut Butter (not natural style)
• 1 Egg, room temperature
• 1 cup (8 ounces) Chocolate Chips

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

In a large bowl, beat together the butter, brown and white sugar and peanut butter until smooth (either mixer or wooden spoon will suffice). Beat in the egg. Add the flour mixture and mix until the dough barely comes together. Add the chocolate chips and mix until incorporated. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or up to overnight. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature.

Position the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Pour some granulated sugar into a small bowl.

Pinch off pieces of dough and roll them into 1-inch balls. Roll the balls into the sugar and place them onto the baking sheet, 3 inches apart. Once the baking sheets are filled, using a fork, make a crosshatch pattern on each cookie.

Bake the cookies, rotating the sheets midway through the baking process. Bake until the cookies begin to brown around the edges, but the centers still look uncooked, approximately 9-10 minutes. It’s important to remove them from the oven before they look done so they will stay chewy once they are cooled. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet until firm enough to handle.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies