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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

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    Martha Stewart Living, June 1998
    • Yield Makes 14 cookies
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    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
    • 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
    • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
    • 1/2 cup tightly packed dark-brown sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
    • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

    Directions

    1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and mix on medium speed until combined. Sift flour and baking soda together, and add to butter mixture, beating just to combine. Fold in chocolate chunks.
    2. Using a 1 1/2-ounce ice-cream scoop, form cookies, and place on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat, pressing down slightly to flatten. Bake until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.

    Recipe Reviews

    • Sisterrose
      19 Feb, 2009

      These were great! A change I did make was that I used standard chocolate chips and did not make them large.

    • caramia04
      7 Dec, 2008

      I used Valrhona 73% and some El Rey chunked with a knife. Next time I might invest in a chocolate tool for chipping. If you use natural/organic peanut butter it tends to be low in salt, so I suggest adding 1/2-1 tsp. of Himalaya sea salt for the sweet salty balance that is so good with nice chocolate! I put my batter in the fridge for 24-36 hours before baking and the cookies were extra flavorful. See NYTimes article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/dining/09chip.html?_r=2

    • Sheagen
      23 Oct, 2008

      Terrible cookies - need some salt in the recipe and don't cook them over 12 min

    • mbp
      20 Feb, 2008

      This is a very simple, but delicious recipe!

    • reema
      15 Dec, 2007

      Martha,Martha,Martha, what shall I say????????..I am one of the Arab World viewers to your extraodinary programme.....
      My sister has signed in your web sight,she is a clothes designer,and she adores you....to the extreme.
      Your recipes are always great,may God bless you dear.
      I wish that I can be one of you all-the-time fans..
      Rabab Abu Moalish/Jordan

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