How to Make the Best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you’re looking for the best homemade peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe, you’ve come to the right place! These cookies are soft, chewy, and bursting with flavor—perfect for a quick dessert!
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter or crunchy if you prefer.
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 3 cups flour
- 1 12 oz bag of mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the softened butter, brown sugar, white granulated sugar, eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, beat everything together until the mixture is smooth.
- Next, add the flour, salt, baking soda, and the whole bag of mini chocolate chips. Mix all of the ingredients together until everything is combined.
- Set your oven to 350°F (175°C) and allow it to fully preheat.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop or a spoon, drop rounded balls of dough onto the sheet, spacing them about two inches apart. Once all the cookies are scooped, press down on them gently with a fork to create a crisscross pattern. You can also squish them down a little with your hands, but they won't be as pretty.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden brown. The centers may look slightly underdone, but they will firm up as the cookies cool.
- Once baked, let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Tips for the Perfect Cookies
- Use room temperature ingredients – This helps everything mix evenly and creates a smoother dough.
- Don’t overbake – Cookies continue to cook as they cool, so removing them when the edges are just golden brown ensures a soft and chewy texture.
- Chill the dough for thicker cookies – If you prefer thicker cookies, let the dough chill in the fridge for 30 minutes before baking.
- Store properly – Keep cookies fresh by storing them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
- Make ahead and freeze – If you only want to cook half of the batch of cookies, scoop half of the dough onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Place in the freezer for an hour. After the hour is up, place the cookie dough balls in a freezer safe ziplock bag and store in the freezer for 3 months. When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 13 minutes from frozen.