Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

The best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Thick, buttery and loaded with chocolate, they’re an easy one-bowl recipe with no need to chill the dough. Ready to eat in under one hour.

Calling all peanut butter fans!

Lip-smacking, thick and chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are on the menu.

These soft and buttery cookies will leave you wanting more, with their sweet and salty peanut butter flavour and gooey puddles of melty chocolate.

Best of all, this is an easy, one-bowl recipe. And with no need to chill the dough, these Peanut Butter Cookies are ready to eat in under one hour.

Why you will love this recipe

• You can expect thick, soft and chewy cookies
• You only need a handful of everyday ingredients
• They’re quick and easy to make
• No need to chill the cookie dough

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I have a confession. I only really discovered the wonder of peanut butter in the last couple of years. Not really one for a slice of bread with spread, I liked peanut butter but I never really had much use for it.

However, once I realised that peanut butter was a heavenly match for desserts, I soon scrambled onboard the peanut butter bandwagon. One piece of my Peanut Butter Brownies or Peanut Butter Cake and you’ll soon realise what all the peanut butter fuss is about.

So a good solid Peanut Butter Cookie with oodles of chocolate chunks? I’m there!

Just like my favourite Levain Bakery Cookies, these cookies use only brown sugar for flavour and moisture. A little extra flour ensures they’re nice and thick, but plenty of peanut butter makes them buttery and chewy.

And the chocolate? For this recipe, I love to use a block of chocolate, that I’ve chopped by hand. The irregular sizes mean extra gooey pockets of chocolate. But you can use chocolate chips if you prefer.

What you will need

You only need a handful of easy-to-find ingredients to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Here’s a quick breakdown:

• Butter
• Brown sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla extract
• Peanut butter: I recommend using a full-fat, processed peanut butter, rather than a natural-style one. I prefer smooth peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter works too.
• Plain flour: Or all purpose flour
• Baking soda
• Chocolate: I like to use a block of chocolate that I’ve chopped by hand. But you can use chocolate chips if you prefer. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate – I’ve used dark chocolate in the cookies pictured here.

how to make these cookies

It’s very easy to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from scratch. You’ll need an electric mixer, but the dough takes only minutes to come together.

1. Start by mixing together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
2. Add egg and vanilla and mix briefly to combine. Then add peanut butter.
3. Finally, add flour, baking soda and salt. Then stir through chocolate chips.

There’s no need to chill the cookie dough, so now it’s time to scoop and roll!

get ready to roll

Once you’ve made your cookie dough, it’s time to roll. Scoop the cookie dough – using a cookie scoop or a dessert spoon – and roll it into smooth balls using your hands. I usually use about 1.5 tablespoons of dough per cookie.

My secret for extra gooey cookies

Chocolate chips are designed to keep their shape when baked, but regular chocolate melts and creates gooey chocolate pockets. I recommend using a block of your favourite chocolate and chopping it by hand.

If you want to make your cookies look like mine, with extra gooey chocolate on top, I recommend adding a few extra chocolate chunks to each cookie dough ball before baking.

Frequently asked questions

more peanut butter recipes

• NYC Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
• Peanut Butter Brownie Bars
• No Bake Peanut Butter Pie

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield Makes 18–20 cookies 1x

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4.9 from 20 reviews

Prep: 30 minutesCook: 12 minutesTotal: 42 minutes

Thick and chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with chunks of chocolate.

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Ingredients

• 115 grams (1 stick or 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 135 grams (3/4 cup) brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 125 grams (1/2 cup) smooth peanut butter
• 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cup) plain flour or all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 150 grams (1 cup) milk or dark chocolate, roughly chopped, plus extra for decorating

Instructions

1. Line two large baking trays with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and combined. Add egg and vanilla and mix briefly. Then add peanut butter and mix until combined.
3. Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt and gently mix until a soft dough forms. Stir in chocolate chunks.
4. Use a cookie scoop or your hands to roll 1.5 tablespoons of cookie dough in balls. If desired, add extra chunks of chocolate on top.
5. Place cookie dough balls on prepared trays, leaving room for the cookies to spread as they bake. 
6. Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden brown. Let them sit for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Peanut butter: I recommend using a full fat, processed peanut butter, rather than a natural-style one. I prefer a smooth peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter works too.

Chocolate: I prefer to use a block of chocolate that I’ve chopped by hand. But you can use chocolate chips if you prefer. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate – I’ve used dark chocolate in the cookies pictured here.

Make-ahead: You can make the cookie dough ahead of time and keep it covered in the fridge. You’ll need to bring the cookie dough back to room temperature when you are ready to bake it. You can also roll the cookie dough into balls and freeze them. Then just thaw them before baking. 

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1 cookie Calories: 190 Sugar: 10 g Sodium: 94.2 mg Fat: 11.1 g Carbohydrates: 20 g Protein: 3.3 g Cholesterol: 22.1 mg

Nutrition information is a guide only.

Author: Jessica HolmesCategory: CookiesCuisine: American

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