My dad LOVES peanut butter cookies! And while I will eat one any day, I find them best when they’re fresh, warm, and chewy. I created this recipe to be the easiest way to make one of the best cookies you’ll ever eat, and to please my father and me! Sprinkled with flaky sea salt and drizzled with chocolate, these Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with a Salty Chocolate Drizzle go the extra mile. You’ll find yourself making them over and over again! (Just don’t try to make them when someone’s napping!)
Ingredients:
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup smooth peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
½ cup dark brown sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
2 T water
1 ½ cup flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup dry roasted lightly salted peanuts, finely chopped
½ of your favorite dark chocolate bar
Maldon sea salt flakes
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Line two baking pans with aluminum foil, dull side up.
In a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar, and salt together. Add in sugars and mix until fluffy. Mix in egg, vanilla, and water. Mix in flour and peanuts until just incorporated.
Scoop ¼ cup spoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheets, four to a pan. Bake for 10 minutes, then slam the pan against a heat proof counter 5 times. Return to oven for two minutes, then repeat. Repeat until cookies have been baked for 16 minutes. They will be flat and golden brown on the edges. Remove pans from oven, let cool 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack.
Once cool, melt dark chocolate. Drizzle over cookies and sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Enjoy!
