This is a recipe I found while digging through the trash. Seriously. My neighbor Linda uses my recycle bin about twice a year. I will go out to find a treasure trove of old magazines in my giant recycle bin. It is like Christmas. I found this recipe in Southern Living’s April 2009 issue. It is what I’ll call so very easy and made from ingredients you are likely to always have on hand. My daughter basically did this by herself.
The result is a slightly crumbly cookie, but it is all peanut butter and chocolate. What’s not to like, right? I would tend to undercook rather than overcook these. I had one that was more browned than the others and it gains a slightly unpleasant flavor if it is too browned. My son, a PB expert declared these “deeeelicious.” And they were put together in about 10 minutes. If you don’t have a lot of time and you need a sweet treat, give this a try.
1 cup creamy peanut butter
¾ cup sugar
1 large egg
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
parchment or a silicone baking sheet
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Stir together everything but the chips. Mix well. Add the chips and combine. Drop in tablespoonfuls on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until puffed and slightly browned. Cool for 15 minutes.
By the way, I know that choice of peanut butter is highly personal…but we used Jif…and always use Jif…and you would too if you were smart…just kidding. But we did use Jif.
Recipe Revisited: I recently made these again because Linda requested them as her birthday present. I looked at the recipe for the first time in a year and thought to myself…”this can’t work…surely I have left something off of the ingredient list.” But I soldiered on. Lo and behold, all is well, they really are this simple and they are wonderful! Grab your kids, or bake a batch for the office. It is a small batch (20 cookies) so they will disappear quickly.
I’m in a blog!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely love it. Looks great and can’t wait to try to some recipes. You go girl!
These are so easy and delicious. My husband’s new favorite, and my kids snatched them up, too!! I received a thorough tongue-lashing from Linda Maturey because I didn’t bring her one. I’ll have to offer up a concilatory cookie tomorrow. It’s the least I can do for her turning me on to your website. I’ll be trying your other recipes, too. You’ve done a great job!
My six year old and I made these cookies yesterday! I cannot believe how easy they were, and how good they are!! They are some of the best peanut butter chocolate chip cookies I have had. Thanks Kelly!
I’ve made these 4x since finding your recipe! I blogged about them today. They are our new after school fave. So glad you pulled the recipe out of the trash ;) Thank you.
You have made my day Kristin! Friends, Kristin’s blog is a great resource, especially if you are gluten free. Check out her blog by clicking her name.
About how many cookies does this recipe make? I want to try it for a picnic sail on Sunday and need to have enough for 8 people who will eat at least 2 a piece.
Ugh. I always forget to write down how many it makes. But I recall this being a smallish batch, perhaps a dozen or 16 cookies. They are crumbly though, so pack them strategically for the boat. And don’t over-cook them…yuck. Happy sailing dear friend.
Oh goodness! These are fantastic and so easy. I had to make an extra batch for tomorrow b/c we can’t keep our hands off of them tonight.
I ran out of butter. I am not sure how THAT happened, but it did. I remembered seeing this post moons ago and thought I would give it a whirl. So glad I did. I have a kid function tonight and these lovely nuggets of chocolate, peanut buttery goodness will be a hit. Thanks again!!
YUM YUM YUM Just finished a batch of these cookies. I used extra crunchy peanut butter and also added coconut. Also note these were baked at 10,00 feet with no changes to the recipe. YUM YUM again!!
Coconut! What a great idea. Thank you so much for sharing that idea with all of us. Yum, indeed!
OOPS, small typo in my blog message, meant to say cookies baked at 10,000 feet elevation with no changes to recipe.
[...] OK. That’s it. I really hope you have a chance to try this and I hope that you like it. If you decide you are not in the mood for these cookies, you should consider my Snickerdoodles or my Flourless Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies. [...]