pb&c

Peanut butter + chocolate = husBen’s favorite combo when it comes to sweets (my favorite combo = anything + truffle salt, in case you were wondering).  These cookies nicely marry salty and sweet and even provide that healthy daily dose of dark chocolate (yes, healthy, and yes, recommended on a daily basis). Enjoy

Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Discos

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoons baking soda

hearty pinch of salt

8 tablespoons of salted butter, melted and cooled

6 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter, melted and cooled

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg and 1 egg yolk, room temperature

2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups dark chocolate discos (or dark chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Add butter and peanut butter to a microwave safe bowl, and heat until melted. Let cool completely.

Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In another bowl, mix the cooled butter/peanut butter and sugars until they are combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir until mixed. Gradually add flour and mix until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

Drop golfball size balls of dough onto cookie sheet about two inches apart.  Bake for about 12 minutes or until the edges are slightly brown and the centers are puffy. Do not over bake. Cool for as long as you can stand it then eat ‘em up!

Makes about 24 cookies. Adapted from How Sweet Eats blog

Ben and Quimby helping me clean up after