So I have this jar of Wegmans brand creamy peanut butter just sitting around. (I broke down and bought Jif, by the way. It’s okay, but it’s not Peter Pan…)
I didn’t really like the Wegmans stuff. It’s too creamy. And a little too sweet. But I decided it would be reasonable for baking.
I thought about making regular peanut butter cookies, but then I thought, hmmm…peanut butter chocolate chip cookies would be even better!
So I was off to find a recipe…I decided this one would do. They’re pretty good…the first time, I missed the bit where I’m supposed to let them cool for 4 minutes on the baking sheet before attempting to move them. Oops. I broke a couple in the process, and I was worried that they were going to be a big waste of time and effort. Not so!
Despite the fact that I used more peanut butter than the recipe called for, I still don’t think they’re quite peanut-buttery enough.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Milk Chocolate Morsels
- 1 small amount of granulated sugar
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.COMBINE flour and baking soda in small bowl. Beat butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels.
DROP dough by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Press down slightly with bottom of glass dipped in granulated sugar.
BAKE for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft. Cool on baking sheets for 4 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
PAN COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Spread dough into ungreased 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack.
After I get more chips, I’m going to have to try Eden’s peanut butter swirl brownies. Mmmmm.
Getting ready to bake. (click to see it bigger. A flickr glitch wouldn’t allow me to post the small size…)
Finished cookies.
We were always Peter Pan people when I was a kid…but now that I’ve been introduced to the grind-your-own peanuts at the Whole Foods Co-Op, that’s all I get.
It took me a while to understand that cookies keep baking while cooling.