Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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Ingredients

Makes: About 36 cookies

1 cup butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (225gram bag) we used Camino fair trade bittersweet 71% cacao

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

3. In a mixing bowl stir together the dry ingredients, flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.

4. In a second larger mixing bowl combine half the butter, peanut butter and egg and use a hand mixer to combine until nice and smooth. It is always a good idea to first break your egg into its own bowl in case it gets any bits of the shell in it, then add to the mixture.

5. Use a spatula to bring in from the sides and continue mixing until nice and creamy.

6. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time beating in with the hand mixer and continue until the dough is fully integrated. Add the remaining butter and beat in.

7. When you have a good consistency pour in the chocolate chips and use a large wooden spoon to stir in nice and evenly so all the cookies will get chocolate chips in them.

8. Spoon the batter onto the prepared cookie sheet. We used a tablespoon size. We then used a fork to mash them down a little and tried to make the cookies a similar size for more even baking.

9. Place into the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes.

10. Keep an eye on the cookies, different ovens cook hotter than others. Start paying attention when you hit the 15 minute mark.

11. The cookies are done when they are nicely browned.

12. Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes to cool a little then remove from the baking sheet and place onto a cooling rack.

13. Repeat with the remaining cookie batter. Bake the cookies in two batches as they will bake more evenly.

These cookies have a flaky almost shortbread type of texture and are not too sweet. Really delicious and great for lunches.

ENJOY!

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