Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips

I should be making more of these cookies instead of writing this post.  We have already finished them, but I forgot to pick up fresh peanut butter from the store, so here I am.  They are that good.  You will want to make more right away. 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen

1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon (tsp) baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter at room temperature.  I used freshly ground peanut butter from our local grocery store, it is so much yummier!
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 tablespoon (TBS) milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F Bake.  In a bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and the salt.  Set aside.

In another bowl:
1. Thoroughly mix the butter and peanut butter until fluffy.
2. Add the sugar adn the brown sugar, mix
3. Add the egg, mix.
4. Add milk and vanilla, mix.
5. Add the flour mixture. 
6. Add choclate chips, mix thoroughly.

 Mixing the peanut butter with the flour

Grease a cookie sheet.  I made my cookie about spoon-sized.  Make them into round balls, place on cookie sheet leaving some room between the cookies for expansion.  Take a fork and squish them down just a bit before cooking.  Your cooking time will depend on how big you make your cookies.  I cooked one batch for 12 minutes, and it wasn't quite enough.  the second batch I forgot about and cooked for 30 (!) minutes and they were pretty good, even still a  little soft in the middle.  So I would cook between 15-25 minutes, depending on the cookie's size. 

cookies ready to cook