Pan-Banging Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies.For more of the BEST cookie recipes, check out my: Then bake as instructed, possibly adding on another minute or two if needed. To bake, allow the cookie dough to thaw for about an hour. Once the dough has been scooped and chilled overnight, the cookie dough balls can be placed in a freezer storage bag. When in doubt, always go with the standard creamy peanut butter when baking peanut butter cookies. Nut butters like this are difficult to bake cookies with because they can cause cookies to spread too thin. Natural peanut butters often separate where the oil floats to the top of the jar. It gives that classic peanut texture and almost always yields the same outcome. The best type of peanut butter for bakingįor most peanut butter cookie recipes, choose a creamy peanut butter like Jif or Skippy. To make these cookies extra special and bakery-worthy, dot the tops with extra chocolate chips before chilling the dough. Using a scooper gives that rippled texture which creates those yummy wrinkles on top of these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. When scooping, don’t roll the dough or manipulate it in any way. The cookie dough should be left in the same shape as the scoop – like a large dome. Using a large 2 oz cookie scoop, scoop the cookies out onto a small cookie sheet in order to prep for chilling. It’s very important to follow the prep instructions on a recipe in order to get the best outcome.įor these cookies, and for most of my cookie recipes, I don’t fuss with the dough too much. If flattened, the center will bake faster to create a thinner and crispier cookie. If rolled into smooth balls, they’ll bake with a completely different texture on top. The way the cookies are scooped can completely change how they turn out. Prepping the peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough Once they’re at room temperature, the center sets and becomes super soft. You might be wondering…won’t the cookie be raw in the middle? Nope! By pulling the cookies when they’re slightly underdone, the residual heat OUTSIDE of the oven will help settle and bake through the cookies as they cool. This creates a slightly underdone center which leaves the cookie with a super tender center. The larger the cookie, the longer it takes for the oven heat to reach the center. Using a large 2 oz cookie scoop helps further that soft and tender texture of these peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips. This creates a concentration of flavor that allows the peanut butter to really stand out.Īs I mentioned before, another key component is the size of the cookies. As the flour hydrates, the flavor becomes stronger and stronger due to the fact that the cookie dough is essentially drying out. The less water the mix has, the stronger the lemonade flavor. Flavor – You can think of the dough as lemonade concentrate.
Meaning, it will absorb the water and fat in the cookie to give it a stronger structure when baking. By chilling the dough overnight, this gives the dry ingredients a chance to fully hydrate. If they did, they’d melt and spread way too much.
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How to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies This is was creates a super tender and slightly underdone center that is so soft and delicious. For lack of better words, bigger cookies bake better. Last but not least, they’re BIG and not just for appearance. Using this in equal parts butter makes these cookies extra rich and bakery-worthy. These cookies also have a rich peanut butter flavor, using a hefty 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter. The edges are lightly crisp and chewy, the center is soft and tender, and there are melty chocolate chips scattered throughout. I have so many feelings about these peanut butter cookies, starting with the fact that they are just so dang GOOD! I find that so many peanut butter cookies tend to be dry and crumbly, but not these. By using mini chocolate chips, there’s just the right amount of chocolate and peanut butter cookie in every bite! What makes these the BEST peanut butter chocolate chip cookies? These are the BEST peanut butter chocolate chip cookies! They’re baked to perfection with lightly crisp and chewy edges with a tender and soft center.
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