Delicious, but a little too sweet. I would cut back on some of the sugar next time. It was a very sticky dough too and I had to chill it for over an hour to even be able to use a cookie scoop and for them to not run everywhere. However, they are delicious!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
This simple mix-and-drop chocolate peanut butter cookie dough comes together in minutes and may not even require a shopping trip, thanks to its pantry-friendly ingredients.
Yield: 3 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 128
- Calories from fat: 32%
- Fat: 4.5g
- Saturated fat: 1.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 2.3g
- Carbohydrate: 20.5g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 6mg
- Iron: 0.8mg
- Sodium: 106mg
- Calcium: 16mg
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 12 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 2/3 cups)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate minichips
Preparation
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°.
- 2. Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- 3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in minichips. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on 2 baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Desserts, Cookies
- CONVENIENCE: Gifts, Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead, Portable/Picnic
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Nuts, Rice/Grains
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Christmas
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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