Homemade Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chunk Cookies must be everyone’s favourite surely? These enticing scrumptious peanut butter and chocolate chunk cookies drizzled with chocolate are just out of this world!
These are super easy to bake, no chilling and only 6 ingredients required. These are a one bowl cookie dough which basically means two things, easy to make with no fuss and cleaning up is a breeze!
The cookie dough itself is very simple, it’s just peanut butter, egg, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and dark chocolate. And it has 2 extra ingredients which are optional; melted chocolate for drizzling and chopped peanuts for a sprinkle.
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chunk Cookies are soft and gooey but have the perfect amount of crunch, just perfect for MUNCHING ON!!
Every bite is DELICIOUS, peanutty, chocolatey, buttery and gooey! And all that yumminess is rolled into one delicimo cookie! And to top things off drizzle them in a rich dark chocolate! Just because more chocolate never hurt anyone….right!
So how did I make and bake these? Let’s start with a few details on what makes a perfect cookie! Or in this case what makes a perfect peanut butter & chocolate chunk cookie. Then we can get into the finer details of how to bake and eat these!!
WHAT MAKES THIS A PERFECT COOKIE
THE CHOCOLATE
For this recipe I used Whittaker’s 62% dark chocolate and roughly chopped the chocolate up into some fine chunks and some chunkier chunks for texture. The reason I do this is because when you open up the cookie after it’s baked the dark chocolate is gooey and melty……just irresistible!
SCOOPING
I use a medium sized ice cream scoop to measure my cookies. However, to get my cookies consistent in shape, I go the extra mile and weigh my cookie dough at 40 grams per cookie. It sounds like a lot of work but once you get into a roll (excuse my punt) you won’t regret it, your cookies will be almost perfect in shape and size.
BAKING
I prefer to under bake my cookies and then leave them for 15-20 minutes on the baking tray that way you get a gooey, chewy cookie as opposed to a hard overcooked cookie.
PEANUT BUTTER
Although there are so many delicious and worthy peanut butter brands on the market today, for this particular recipe I used Sanitarium’s Smooth Peanut Butter. This is for a very good reason, because the oil content seems to be less than other brands, which will help contain your cookies from spreading too much in the baking process.
FREEZING
You can freeze the uncooked dough for up to 3 months, make sure you roll them into balls and place in an airtight container in the freezer. When ready to use simply defrost to room temperature and bake them as per my baking instructions.
WHY I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES!
As I’ve mentioned earlier the texture of these cookies is sublime! Perfect amount of nutty, buttery and chocolatey flavor…. these cookies are fit for a queen, and here’s why I’m MADLY IN LOVE with these cookies!!
- One Bowl – All ingredients go into one bowl. This means there is minimal mess and much easier to clean up.
- No Chilling Required – Making this recipe is an easy process. No need to wait hours before you can cook these cookies. This means more time for the important things like….FEASTING!
- No Fancy Equipment required – I used my good old faithful glass bowl, handheld beater and a wooden spoon, making the whole process just chilled and easy as pie!
- Only 6 ingredients – Making these babies is very simple, its all our favourite ingredients, peanut butter, egg, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and dark chocolate. Making these cookies is not only delightful but cost effective too.
- Storage – You can store them in an airtight container for up to 10 days. That’s if they make it that far!!
- Ice Cream Sandwiches – These are a perfect cookie to match up with your favourite ice cream! Simply scoop out a spoonful of your fav ice cream and sandwich together……..YUMMO!!!!!
HOW TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE COOKIES
The ingredients for the cookie dough are quite simple – they are, peanut butter, egg, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and dark chocolate. I added 2 extra ingredients which are optional; melted chocolate for drizzling and chopped peanuts for a sprinkle.
Of course, you can leave the melted drizzle chocolate off, but let’s be honest the more chocolate the better!
1. PREHEATING OVEN
Start by preheating your oven to 160°C fan bake and line two baking trays with baking paper. Then set them aside.
2. MIXING
Then take a big bowl and add the peanut butter, egg, brown sugar, flour, and the baking soda and gently use your handheld beater to beat all ingredients together to form a cookie dough.
3. ADDING
Then add the roughly chopped chocolate into the cookie dough and mix together until all ingredients are incorporated.
Tip: I used my washed and damp hands to mix the chocolate into the dough, oh it was fun and a little bit of the cookie dough accidently slipped into my mouth!!
4. ROLLING
Now you need to roll your dough into balls. Slightly dampen your hands (this will help the cookie dough from sticking to your hands). Then roll your cookie dough into balls. Weigh them as you go on a scale at 40 grams each in weight. I do this little trick so that when the cookies come out of the oven they are consistent in size, shape and weight. (That’s the perfectionist coming out of me!).
5. BAKING
Put your cookie dough balls onto your prepared trays and gently press down on each cookie with a fork. Bake for 10-12 minutes until ever so slightly browned. Then remove from the oven to cool on a wire rack.
6. NEXT STEPS
Once the cookies are cooled, you can prepare your melted chocolate.
7. MELTING CHOCOLATE
Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 30 second intervals or until the chocolate has melted. Mine took just over one minute to melt.
8. DRIZZLING
Then take the melted chocolate and use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over your cookies. Sprinkle over chopped peanuts for decoration and extra texture if you want.
Well folks all done! Go get your one bowl, add the peanut butter, egg, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and dark chocolate mix until all ingredients are combined…..BAKE and EAAAATTTTTT!!
Now can we all please agree that these are seriously one incredibly moorish, heavenly cookie recipe!!
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Loves, Richelle xxx
