Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter ((2 sticks), room temperature)
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips (or semi-sweet chocolate chips)

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. 2

   Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

3. 3

   In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat powdered sugar, brown sugar, and butter until creamy. I like to use butter that’s at room temperature but still holds its “stick” shape pretty well. Add peanut butter, vanilla extract, and egg, continue blending until creamy.

4. 4

   Add dry ingredients from step 1 into peanut butter mixture, and mix just until well-combined. Stir in dark chocolate chips. Your cookie dough should be somewhat tough to stir, because you used room temperature butter.

5. 5

   Place spoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheet, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. You can either leave a cookie in a shape of the ball or you can flatten them.

6. 6

   Bake cookies for about 12 minutes, without browning them too much.