Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Text and Photo by Jac Kyles Baker 

Makes 16 cookies

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup peanut butter

6 TB unsalted butter, softened

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Preparation

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda. 

In a separate large bowl: beat the sugar, salt, butter and peanut butter until combined.  Stir in vanilla.

Make a well into the bottom of the bowl with the flour.  Add the wet mixture to the flour. Stir with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula until just combined and no flour is visible.  Gently stir in dark chocolate chunks.

Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

Roll a TB of cookie dough into a ball.  Press ball into a 1/4 inch thick circle.  Arrange 6 cookies in a circle (do not place any in the center) along the edge of parchment or microwave safe plate. Microwave on HIGH for 45 seconds to 1 minute.  

Carefully remove cookies from microwave and cool on a wire rack. Hot cookies are fragile.

Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

Store in an airtight container.