Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 57 min
Ingredients: 2½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon table salt; 1 ¼ cup creamy peanut butter (I used JIF); 1 cup unsalted butter, (softened); 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 large eggs (at room temperature); 1 large egg yolk (at room temperature); 11.5 ounces bag milk chocolate chips; 1 cup peanut butter chips

The recipe prices will vary based on fluctuating grocery costs. Please use what is posted as a guide.

Recipe Cost $9.25

Recipe Serving Cost $0.26

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These are the Best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies! They’re thick, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter flavor and milk chocolate chips!

This recipe costs about $9.25 and makes 36 cookies. That’s only $0.26 per cookie!

If you love the combo of peanut butter and chocolate as much as I do, then you need to try these No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, these Buckeye Brownies, and these Rees’s Rice Krispie Treats.

Best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies EVER! They're piled high on a wire rack.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chips belong together, and these cookies are the perfect place for them to come together! They are a match made in cookie heaven!

The inspiration for this recipe comes from my Deep Dish Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pie recipe. I wanted that glorious pie in cookie form.

These cookies have a bold peanut butter flavor, are soft and chewy. They have a crispy outer edge while being molten-like on the inside.

Enjoy them while still warm with a glass of milk, and all will be right in your world for that moment. That’s right; these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are so good they will solve life problems, even if only for just a few minutes!

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Ingredients and Cost

Per Serving Cost: $0.26

Recipe Cost: $9.25

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour – $0.48
1 teaspoon baking soda – $0.01
2 teaspoons baking powder – $0.30
½ teaspoon table salt – $0.01
1 ¼ cups creamy peanut butter – $1.76
1 cup unsalted butter – $1.60
1 cup granulated sugar – $0.23
1 cup dark brown sugar – $0.57
1 teaspoon vanilla extract – $0.08
2 large eggs – $0.20
1 large egg yolk – $0.05
11.05 ounces milk chocolate chips – $1.98
1 cup peanut butter chips – $1.98

NOTE: The recipe prices are calculated by using grocery store websites. The actual cost of the recipe will vary depending on what ingredients you already have.

Instructions

First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Then line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Next, mix the dry ingredients. Set this bowl aside.
Using a stand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, and sugars together. Add in the vanilla and eggs.
Slowly mix in the dry ingredients. Then add the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
Next, scoop the dough and place the dough balls on the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Finally, let the cookies cool on a wire rack for thirty minutes before serving.

Recipe Variations

I used Ghiradelli Milk Chocolate Chips in these cookies, and I highly recommend them as they’re high in quality and taste. Plus, they are a bit larger than regular chocolate chips, which makes them look more bakery-quality! Instead of these chocolate chips, you can use mini peanut butter cups.
You can make these cookies to be flattened or more rounded. How you achieve this is you either scoop & compress the dough with your fingers or scoop the dough. See the picture below.

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies and thick, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter flavor and milk chocolate chips!

Storage Tips

SERVE AND STORE: Serve and store these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies at room temperature. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.

FREEZE: You can freeze the cookie dough by scooping mounds on a baking sheet. Freeze until solid, about 1 hour. Then, place the frozen dough balls in a freezer-safe container or Ziploc bag and freeze for about 3 months. When baking the dough from a frozen state, add 2-4 minutes to the baking time.

Additionally, you can freeze baked cookies. Place them in a freezer-safe container or Ziploc bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw cookies at room temperature for about an hour before serving.

Recipe FAQs

Why are my peanut butter cookies falling apart?

This could be due to a couple of different reasons. Here is what I would check first, did you overcook them? Sometimes we get busy and forget about what is in the oven (speaking from experience!). Set a timer on your phone if you are not by the oven to hear the timer go off. Secondly, make sure to follow the ingredient measurements. Adding too much flour will also result in crumbly cookies and not in a good way!

What keeps cookies soft and chewy?

After baking the cookies, store them in an airtight container to help keep the air out if you have any leftover. You can also add a piece of bread or tortilla with the cookies to help them stay soft!

How do I know if my cookies are baked?

A few tips for telling if your cookies are done are to see if they are golden brown around the edges. They should also be slightly cracked around the edges. The cookies will also have lost their “glossy sheen” while baking. If you have baked them for 10-12 minutes and they look like I have just described, then they are done baking.

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