I’ve been inspired to make these by my little jay friends who so dearly love peanuts (see last post). My boyfriend Dan loves these dense peanut cookies. This recipe is really easy and yummy so we make these together at home pretty often. I’ve also notice that if Dan is pressed to bring something to a party he usually shows up with these bad boys. They’re an easy crowd pleaser.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
1 cup (100% natural) peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup dark brown sugar packed
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
at least 150 g of chocolate chunks
Make sure to pick up natural peanut butter, by that I mean made with 100% peanuts. The other stuff has way too much added sugar, preservatives and is always low on peanut flavour and texture. It just won’t cut it.
Cream the butter, peanut butter, sugars and vanilla. Add the eggs one at a time, stirring just until incorporated. Stir in the soda and flour, then the chocolate chunks. If you are a real crunchy peanut cookie fan you could also toss in a few roughly chopped peanuts at this point. I prefer creamy peanut butter myself, but I’ve had great results with both.
Bake at 350f for 8-10 minutes.
