These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are so easy and out of this world delicious! They bake up to an amazing bakery style cookie that everyone loves!
Sam was recently elected as the senior patrol leader for his Scout troop. The things that he promised during his campaign was that there would be lots of fun and lots of food. When he was working on his speech prior to the election, he practiced it a time or two for me. As he was headed out the door for the meeting he turned back and said, “Hey Mama, I’ll need your help in making sure I keep my promise.”
“I’ll definitely help you, Buddy! I’ll help you find all sorts of fun program ideas and even games. I know all sorts of fun ideas for you! We’ll have a blast! I’ll start researching things and put together a file for us to go over when you get back from your meeting tonight. We can start work in the morning….”
“Umm… Mama, I meant for the food. I’ve got the fun handled.”
Womp, womp.
So, since I’ve been removed from the fun portion of the campaign and relegated to the food instead, I’m going to knock the role my son gave me right on out of the park!
My first idea was a smoothie bar for their meeting which was met with all sorts of unexcited faces from my 13-year old. Then, I mentioned having a cook-off, which got a little bit more of agreement. Finally, Sam looked at me and said, “Can you just make some cookies for the next meeting?”
“Uhhh…. sure.”
I’ll be a monkey’s uncle if I’m just going to send any old cookies though. I made these bakery-style peanut butter chocolate chip cookies that are as easy as can be, but are amazing. I started to make them with browned butter and a sprinkle of fleur de sel on top, but then I couldn’t play all my cards on the first week. I’ve got to save some tricks for later in my “just make cookies role.”
So, here ya go. Here’s my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe that will surely reward you with some sort of smiles and thumbs up from your crew!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) (226 g) butter, softened
- 2 cups (540 g) peanut butter, creamy or chunky
- 1 cup (213 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (198 g) sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) vanilla extract
- 2 large (100 g) eggs
- 2½ cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon (6 g) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (2 g) sea salt
- 2 cups (340 g) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Cream together butter, peanut butter, sugars, and vanilla. Add in eggs one at time, being sure to fully combine each.
- Whisk together all dry ingredients and cream with peanut butter mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Be careful to not over mix.
- Scoop dough and roll into a ball and place on baking sheet about 2 inches apart as the cookies will spread.
- Place in preheated oven and bake between 10 – 15 minutes, depending on your oven.
- Remove from oven and allow to sit for about 2 minutes to cool before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Signed, I still think I’m the FUN Mom!
Robyn xo
Is there any adjustment I should make for high altitude?
Making a second batch, first batch i didn’t get to taste..making the dough to freeze for myself very eady recipe had everything in stock..looking for more great recipes
These cookies are fantastic!!! Thank you for this recipe. My teenage kids all agreed they were the best peanut butter cookies they have ever had. I will be making them exclusively from now on. Thank you again!
I’m so glad you all loved them, Fabiana. To get a thumbs up from teenagers is always the ultimate compliment in my book! xo
Dear Robyn
We do not get sticks of butter in South Africa.
Please can you tell me how much a stick weighs in grams?
Love you site
Regards
Lauren
Hi Lauren,
Thanks so much for visiting! I’ve only heard the best things from friends who have visited South Africa! You might find my conversion chart helpful for converting my measurements in recipes to what you need. Let me know if you need anything else! xo
Hi Robyn
What size scoop did you use for this recipe.
Hi Jackie,
I used the medium Oxo cookie scoop that holds 1.5 tablespoons.
These cookies look perfect! YUM!!!
Robyn, this looks like an awesome tasting cookie. I can hardly wait to try making them. Thank you for sharing this recipe with me.
Thanks so much, Ruth. I hope you enjoy them!
R0bin I love all of your recipes . Have tried a lot of them. Fixing to make some cookies now.
Thank you so much, Margaret! I can’t even begin to tell you how much that means to me! I hope you love these cookies as much as we do! xo
I seriously just located my dream cookie right here on your site. Perfection Robyn!
Good for Sam! And I’ll be a monkey’s uncle if I send any ‘ole cookies off with my kids for special events too. These look perfect for end of the year parties and troop events. Thanks for another great recipe, Robin!