Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies sound incredible delicious because they remind you of a popular chocolate treat. Chocolate and peanut butter go really well together whether it's in a candy or a cookie. Chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cookies are two of the most popular cookies ever. Combining them can't possibly go wrong.

There are several ways to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. If you already have a peanut butter cookie recipe you love, just throw in a few cups of chocolate chips. Traditionally, when making peanut butter cookies you use a fork to press down the cookies in a criss-cross pattern. You can still do this with chocolate chips in them, or you can flatten them with the palm if your hand.

Give this peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe a try and you will find everyone asking for the recipe again and again.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips

1. In a bowl, cream the butter. A mixer works best for this. Cream the butter for about 2 minutes or so. Stir in the granulated sugar and brown sugar. The sugar/butter mixture should look light and fluffy when it's been mixed thoroughly. Mix in the peanut butter. Stir in the egg and vanilla.
   
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Lightly whisk it together to get out any lumps, or you can mix it together by running it through a sifter and then stirring.
3. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in small portions. Mix it in by about 1/2 cup at a time. If you are using a mixture, put it at the lowest speed to keep from getting flour everywhere.
4. When the dough has formed, stir in the cup of chocolate chips. Refrigerate the dough for 3 to 4 hours, or overnight.
5. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
6. Form the dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet. Press them down with the back of a fork in a criss-cross pattern, or flatten with the bottom of a glass. In between batches, put the dough back in the refrigerator. Don't put the dough on the pans unless the pans are completely cooled.
7. Bake them in the oven for 8 to 12 minutes, or until they are lightly golden brown. Remove them from the oven and let the cool on the pan for 5 minutes. Carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

These cookies taste great with milk or a small bowl of ice cream. If you love chocolate, add some more chocolate chips or dip the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies half in chocolate.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do you love to bake, or are you more of a cook? Maybe you'd rather not set foot in a kitchen and prefer to eat goodies that other people make. Either way, if you like to eat, you probably have your favorite meals, snacks, desserts, etc.

One of the most popular desserts or snacks in America, and probably in other parts of the world as well, are chocolate chip cookies. Everyone is always looking for the best chocolate chip cookies because they are so delicious. Anything with chocolate inside becomes a fast favorite.

The best chocolate chip cookies are hard to pin point. One person might like one store-bought brand while another loves their grandmother's recipe. Who do you think makes the best chocolate chip cookies?

Store-Bought

Store-bought chocolate chip cookie varieties come in many textures and tastes. Mrs. Field's makes a large, soft chocolate chip cookie, as does Pepperidge Farm. Freihofers makes a great, super-soft bite sized cookie that can be found almost anywhere. Nabisco has a variety of textures such as chunky.

Other than the typical store-bought varieties, there are many independent cookie-sellers that claim to make the best chocolate chip cookies. Go to a coffee shop and you can often find warm, giant cookies. There are even small cookie boutiques that sell tasty cookies for a high price.

Best Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

You just can't beat homemade chocolate chip cookies. They are as fresh as can be, especially when they are warm straight out of the oven. You can buy premade dough or make your own cookie dough. The premade dough has become as easy as breaking pieces of dough apart and putting them on a cookie sheet. This is a great way to get warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies for those that are a bit challenged in the kitchen.

If you're a true baker, you have to make your own cookies from scratch. Here is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have used. In fact, I can't count how many batches of these cookies I have made over the years for many different occasions. The dough can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for a couple days, or frozen for a few weeks.

Bake them just before you plan to serve them. This will ensure they are the warmest and tastiest for whoever gets to enjoy them.