Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes 4 maximonster cookies about 9 inches in diameter; or 12 to 14 6-inch monster cookies; or about 5 dozen 2½ 2-inch cookies
Ingredients: 1 to 1½ cups (6 to 9 ounces) semisweet chocolate pieces; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons orange juice or water; 2 eggs; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¾ cup chunk-style peanut butter; ½ cup (packed) light brown sugar; ½ cup granulated sugar

Preparation info

Makes
4
maximonster cookies about 9 inches in diameter cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

Whether it’s the child or the adult in each of us who recognizes the affinity of peanut butter and chocolate, all ages agree that they are meant for each other. For these drop cookies, choose the chunkiest brand of peanut butter you can find, if you like to experience real crunch alongside meltingly soft chocolate.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup chunk-style peanut butter

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F, with an oven rack in the center position. Lightly grease one or two baking sheets if making small cookies. For the larger sizes, cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease it lightly. (You’ll need extra sheets of lightly grease