PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

These are my favourite peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, surprisingly light, not dense or cakey even though they are massive cus there is a lot of air whipped into the butter and peanut butter. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you’ll need at least a hand mixer, otherwise they’ll still be good, just not as fluffy. They also bake huge so weigh them out smaller if you want. And I think you could swap the flour for almond flour and make them gluten free. They also bake well frozen, so you could make a bunch and keep the portioned out cookie dough in the fridge. If you make them, tag me on Insta! @sosandrapark I want to see ! Alright, let’s get started.

INGREDIENTS

• 200g good peanut butter, no sugar or oil added

• 250g soft butter

• 250g white sugar

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 3 eggs

• Vanilla, splash

• 550g flour (I add the baking powder to the flour and set it aside so I don’t forget)

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 180g dark chocolate

TOOLS

• Stand mixer or hand mixer

• 6cm ice cream scoop

• Scale for measuring ingredients

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 180*C / 360*F

• Add 200g peanut butter, 250g soft butter, 250g sugar, and a pinch of salt to the mixing bowl

• Use the whip attachment to aerate the ingredients until you get a moussey consistency. This takes a while so be patient.

• Add the 3 eggs one at a time, waiting until each egg disappears before adding the next

• Add a splash of vanilla

• Keep whipping until it starts to look like whipped cream, thick and fluffy. It should almost hold a peak.

• Switch to the paddle attachment

• Add 550g of flour + baking powder about a third at a time, waiting until it’s incorporated to add more. We don’t wan to overwork the dough, so just barely mix until there’s no dry spots.

• Add 180g of dark chocolate at the very end, giving it a few more turns

• Make sure you use a spatula to scrape up any dry bits at the bottom and incorporate it back into the dough

• Using a 6cm ice cream scoop should make it easy to grab about 130g of cookie dough

• Should make 12

• Bake for 20-23 minutes

• Enjoy !