The recipe for these amazing cookies comes to us from the equally amazing guys at Baked and their cookbook, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. I’ve only made it over to Red Hook once to sample their creations, but their two cookbooks are certainly well-used in my kitchen.
I’ve had these cookies bookmarked for a while. Recently, I had a couple of baking… Well, I hate to say disasters. Let’s just say I’ve had some challenges of late. Because of that, I found myself wanting to bake something straightforward. Not surprisingly, I turned to an old favorite pair of mine – peanut butter and chocolate.
As I had hoped, these cookies were just what I needed. They’re simple and delicious. They are that crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside cookie that we all strive to attain. The chocolate really makes these special. My chocolate of choice for these was Guittard’s milk chocolate. The Baked guys are pretty adamant about using milk chocolate instead of semisweet. I’ve yet to be disappointed by them, so I complied. Honestly, if they suggested folding in broken glass, I probably wouldn’t have given it a second thought.
The cookbook describes these cookies as “the only peanut butter cookie.” I haven’t baked nearly enough peanut butter cookies to make that kind of declaration. But, I will say that they are the very best peanut butter cookies I’ve had in a very long time.
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January 9th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Ahhhh peanut butter and chocolate will forever be the most amazing combination… these look awesome!
Baking disasters are never fun
January 9th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
I LOVE this cookbook! These cookies look fabulous, I’ll have to try them!
January 9th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Goodness ! It looks like my favorite cookies from Subway. I just made 50 failed macadamia cookies and seeing this delicious cookies is not helping very much.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:20 am
This was the first recipe I tried from the cookbook- they were a big disappointment for me. I double checked the recipe?. Glad you made them work!
January 10th, 2012 at 12:34 am
Nhumy!
January 10th, 2012 at 3:29 am
I’ve never eaten peanut butter cookies but they look really yummy! I have to try this recipe at home.
January 10th, 2012 at 5:17 am
These sound and look heavenly!
January 10th, 2012 at 7:15 am
Just a great combination that never gets boring. Peanut butter and chocolate together is always a special treat. great recipe and pics, the crispyness of the cookies jumps right out of the picture. Ill make it a point to pickup the book !
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January 10th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
I’ve always just grabbed semi-sweet chips as my default for cookies. Think I’ll try milk chocolate next time. These look delicious!
January 10th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
I have both of the Baked cookbooks and they are wonderful! The chocolate cake with espresso icing is enough to bring tears to your eyes!
January 10th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
You cannot go wrong with this combination of absolute deliciousness
January 12th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Yum! I’m baking these right now and they come out big, chewy, and delicious. I used crunchy peanut butter (since that’s all I had) and I like the extra crunch. Thanks!
January 14th, 2012 at 11:00 am
PB + C = ignore your friends and family for the evening, curl up under a blanket, watch movies and make a glutton of yourself. PB + C is my new vodka.
January 16th, 2012 at 6:27 am
I just made some PB cookies and was thinking to myself “how could I add chocolate?” – gotcha- just throw it in!
January 17th, 2012 at 7:27 am
I made these over the weekend. Whoa; they are GOOD!!!
January 18th, 2012 at 8:53 am
This looks amazing! I just made a similar recipe and added trail mix: http://www.partydish.net/peanut-butter-cookies/