Easy recipe for the best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies! Soft, chewy and full of chocolate chips. No chilling or shaping required.
These are the perfect cookies if you have a house divided between chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies. They have all the peanut butter flavor and chewiness you would expect from a peanut butter cookie, but with the addition of chocolate chips. Plus, they are a drop cookie that requires no chill-time or shaping.
This easy recipe makes a big batch of cookies, perfect for a weekend treat, after-school snack or Holiday baking.
Ingredients
- Butter: Unsalted butter that is softened to room temperature.
- Peanut Butter: A smooth, creamy Peanut Butter. I tested with Jif. This recipe has not been tested with natural peanut butter.
- Sugars: A combination of granulated and light brown sugar for taste and texture.
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt and baking soda: For enhancing the sweetness and providing a little lift for the cookies.
- All-Purpose Flour: Recipe tested using unbleached AP flour. Be sure to carefully measure your dry ingredients. I like to spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level it off with a butter knife.
- Chocolate Chips: You can use a milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chip for this recipe. For extra PB flavor, mix in some peanut butter chips.
How to make
A brief visual overview of making the cookies. Full recipe card at bottom of page.
- Prepare cookie dough. Cream together butters and sugars until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat till combined. Gradually add dry ingredients.
- Add chocolate chips.
- Bake. Scoop dough onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake in preheated oven until cookies have golden brown edges and still slightly soft centers.
- Cool. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool.
Baking Tips for Soft & Chewy Cookies
- Avoid over baking. Cookies are done when the edges are golden brown and the center still looks soft. If you over bake the cookies, they will turn out to be a crisper cookie.
- Let cookies rest on baking sheet. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. The cookie centers will continue to bake slightly on the pan.
- Transfer to wire rack. Carefully transfer cookies to wire rack and allow them to cool completely.
- Don't skip cooling steps. If you remove from the baking pan too quickly, they can start to crumble.
Variations
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Mix-in ½ cup of chopped peanuts for some crunch.
- Use a combination of peanut butter and chocolate chips.
Storage
Storage: Store completely cooled cookies an airtight container. Cookies will last 7 days at room temperature.
Freezing baked cookies: Freeze cooled and baked cookies to preserve freshness. Thaw at room temperature. I find that these particular cookies freeze wonderfully.
📖 Recipe
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together, butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla extract, mix until fully incorporated.
- Mix in salt and baking soda. Gradually add in flour, stirring just until combined. Avoid over-mixing the cookie dough. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Drop cookies by rounded ½ Tablespoon scoops onto parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown and center is slightly soft. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes and then remove them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Recipe tested with unbleached all-purpose flour, Jif Peanut Butter, and Hershey's chocolate chips.
Nutrition
I love creating easy cookie recipes that everyone loves. If you have someone who doesn't like chocolate chips at all, just scoop a little dough out before you stir in the chocolate chips. You can bake them and they will turn out. I hope y'all enjoy this recipe!
Alaine
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Alaine says
I've been told this recipe is GOLD! Enjoy!