These soft and chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are thick and filled with melting chocolate morsels. It's peanut butter blossoms and chocolate chip cookies made into one!
Prep Time8 minutesmins
Cook Time8 minutesmins
chilling time1 hourhr
Total Time16 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: peanut butter cookies, soft and chewy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
In a large mixing bowl, cream softened butter and peanut butter together with a hand mixer. Mix for 30 seconds. Add both sugars and beat for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix just until combined.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. Add to butter and sugar mixture in 3 additions, mixing just until combined. Add chocolate chips or chunks to the cookie dough. Cover the bowl with dough and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Scoop 1.5 tablespoon size balls of dough, roll in your hands into balls. Place on baking sheet, about 2" apart, and bake for 8 to 9 minutes. Cool on sheet for 3 to 5 minutes, then remove onto a cooling rack.
Notes
To properly measure flour, fluff the flour in the container you store it in. I do it with a fork or a whisk. Next, scoop flour with a spoon into the measuring cup. Level the top off and place in a mixing bowl. Repeat until you get the needed amount. Do not use unbleached flour in this recipe. It will affect the final result, the cookies will spread and won't look like the ones on my photos.