The classic peanut butter cookie could only be improved by adding chocolate! There’s no better Friday night activity than whipping up a batch of these cookies with a tall glass of milk while binge watching Schitts Creek on Netflix…which is what I may or may not doing as I write this… Is there seriously anything better than chocolate & peanut butter together?
I make these cookies with coconut sugar; a natural sweetener that gives baked goods a caramelized depth of flavor. Bob’s Red Mill is my favorite brand. You can definitely use regular sugar in this recipe instead, substituting 1/2 cup white and 1/2 cup brown sugar in place of the coconut sugar. For a more traditional peanut butter cookie, you can leave out the chocolate chips – you do you! Any way you shake it, it will be hard not to eat the whole batch in one sitting!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 Cup Butter, softened
- 1 Cup Coconut Sugar (I prefer Bob’s Red Mill)
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chunks
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter, and coconut sugar.
- Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the bowl with the wet ingredients and stir until combined, then fold in the chocolate chunks.
- Roll dough into 1-1/2 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet; press cookies down with a fork.
- Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Serves: 25
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Amount Per Serving: 1 Cookie
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| Calories | 152 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 9g | 13.8% | |
| Saturated Fat 3.5g | 15% | |
| Trans Fat | ||
| Cholesterol 16mg | 5.3% | |
| Sodium 149mg | 6.2% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 15.5g | 5% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1g | 4% | |
| Sugars 8.7g | ||
| Protein 3.6g | ||
| Vitamin A | Vitamin C | |
| Calcium 4mg | Iron 1mg | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
The Inspired Oven
So delicious I already ate 2 and they just came out of the oven! I substituted 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 brown sugar for the coconut sugar and used mini chips instead of chunks because that’s all I had in the pantry. Also increased my bake time by 2 minutes because that’s how my oven rolls. A large cookie scoop worked perfectly!