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Why is it when fall rolls around I start thinking about cookies, and cakes, and cupcakes. . .well, all baked goods, really? Maybe it's because the weather is cooling off enough to use the oven again or maybe it's because I need to start preparing for my winter hibernation. My neighbors tell me I hibernate in winter and they don't see me again until the spring. Truth? Truth.
It's about this time of year I start preparing the house for my hibernation. I'm on the look out for new candle scents, I'm putting my list together of all the little things that need to be done inside the home (AKA cleaning closets and organizing shelves) and I'm digging out my favorite comfort food cookbooks from the back of the bookshelf. And speaking of comfort food, today we're talking cookies.
A few months ago I was looking for a delicious soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe, and I stumbled across this one from Pinch of Yum. I made a few modifications to her recipe to create these delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Soft Batch Cookies. . .starting with these heavenly little morsels below.
Delightfulls from Toll House. They're peanut butter FILLED chocolate chips. OMG. Yep, you heard me right.
I can't really think of much in this world that tastes better than the combination of peanut butter and chocolate.
Put it all into a soft, chewy cookie and it's pretty close to heaven on earth. My husband loves SOFT cookies. In fact, he was on a conference call when I brought one of these cookies down to his office with a glass of milk. He came upstairs to the kitchen about 30 minutes later asking me how I could do that to him. What?
"How could you give me only ONE of what I'm thinking are most delicious cookies in the world?" LOL What drama.
Or maybe his point was a valid one? I mean you can almost taste that soft, chewy, chocolaty center, right?
The only cookies I normally dunk in milk are Oreos, but wanna' know a secret? I dunk these. Wanna' know another secret? I ate that entire stack right there.
I mean, I touched them all, so it was just the proper thing to do. I'll certainly be making more batches of these beauties to freeze and add to my hibernation stash. If you haven't begun preparing for the winter yet, I highly suggest you start. Per Country Living, the Farmer's Almanac says Winter 2016 is expected to be extra brutal.
If we have lots of cookies in the freezer, we'll push though it, friends. We'll push through.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Soft Batch Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 stick salted butter (softened to the point of melting)
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup Tollhouse Delightfulls (Milk Chocolate Morsels With Peanut Butter Filling)
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a mixer, combine the butter, white sugar and brown sugar.
- Add the vanilla and the egg and continue to beat until just combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until you can form into a dough.
- Stir in the Delightfulls and the chocolate chips.
- Roll the dough into 12 large cookie balls.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes - they will be pale and puffy.
- Remove from oven and allow them to cool on the pan for 30 minutes.
- Transfer to a baking rack to cool the rest of the way.
Notes
- Soft Batch Texture: For the softest cookies, avoid overmixing the dough once you add the flour. Overmixing can develop too much gluten, resulting in a tougher texture. Mix until just combined to maintain a tender, soft texture in your cookies.
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Using room temperature butter and eggs helps create a smoother, more evenly mixed dough. Softened butter incorporates more easily into the sugar, resulting in a better texture. If your butter is too cold, you might end up with chunks of butter in the dough, affecting the cookie's texture and consistency.
- Customize Your Mix-ins: While the recipe calls for Tollhouse Delightfulls and chocolate chips, feel free to customize the mix-ins based on your preferences. You can use a combination of different types of chocolate chips, nuts, or even dried fruit to add variety and tailor the cookies to your taste preferences. Just ensure that the total amount of mix-ins remains consistent with the recipe to maintain the dough's texture and structure.
Monica
These were an amazing addition to poker night and disappeared immediately followed by comments of "how did you make them soft?!"
Sara
So glad to hear that, Monica!
Monica
I've seriously made these cookies about 5 more times since my first post. They are addictive! The recipe says it yeilds 12 but I usually get 16-18 cookies out of it.
Sara
It's difficult NOT to get addicted to chocolate and peanut butter anything! So glad you're enjoying them!