What do you suppose is the most loved flavor combination of all time? Apples and cinnamon? Pumpkin and maple? Chocolate and hazelnut? I’m going to go with chocolate and peanut butter.
So many people are obsessed with peanut butter cups, chocolate peanut butter brownies and cookies, not to mention cakes, tarts and tortes!!!! I will say, it is probably my favorite combo. Especially when the peanut butter is prominent enough that you can taste the subtle saltiness. Oooh, my knees are getting weak just writing about it!
When I came upon Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies, I could hardly wait to try them and add some peanut butter goodness.
The original version of this cookie would be good enough on it’s own: a dense chocolate cookie with chunks of bittersweet chocolate and sea salt sprinkled in. But naturally, I had to push the envelope and make this delectable treat even more indulgent. I blame the Halloween candy aisle….
Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cups and Sea Salt
Keywords: bake dessert chocolate peanut butter cookie
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 11 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup roughly chopped regular-sized Reese’s peanut butter cups
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl and with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients in increments until just combined. Mix in peanut butter cups. Dough will be dry.
Roll dough into golf ball-sized balls, place onto cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
Bake 11-12 minutes. Cool on racks.
(Recipe adapted from Baking From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan)
combine dry ingredients
blend butter and sugars
add dry ingredients in increments and then peanut butter cups
dough will be dry
roll dough into balls, place onto cookie sheet and flatten slightly
bake and enjoy arguably the most delightful flavor combination on Earth!
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5 Comments
I am one of those who are obsessed with peanut butter in general, not just pb cups! These sound amazing with the sea salt too.
I am addicted to just plain-old peanut butter also! I have to eat it in some form almost everyday!
You had me at Peanut Butter Cups.
I know, I can’t ever get past that ingredient either!
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