Description
These Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, chewy, colorful, and loaded with rich peanut butter flavor, melty chocolate chips, and candy-coated chocolate pieces. This easy recipe is perfect for quick dessert ideas, holiday cookie trays, lunchbox treats, family baking days, party food ideas, and sweet snack recipes when you want something simple, nostalgic, and fun.
Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup candy-coated chocolates
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy.
3. Add the egg and vanilla extract, then mix until smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and mix just until combined.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips and candy-coated chocolates.
7. Chill the dough for 20 minutes to help the cookies bake thicker and softer.
8. Scoop the dough into rounded balls and place them on the prepared baking sheets.
9. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are set and the centers still look slightly soft.
10. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack.
Notes
Do not overbake the cookies. Pull them from the oven when the centers still look slightly soft, because they will continue setting on the warm baking sheet and stay chewy after cooling.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 105mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 18mg
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