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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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peanut butter chocolate chip cookie

I am so excited that in a little over a week, I will be attending Mixed Conference. I can’t wait to learn more tips for baking as well as interact with the fabulous people (and brands) that will be in attendance. One of the big sponsors is OXO. As such, they are encouraging everyone to post their favorite cookie recipe to correspond with their OXO Good Cookies initiative. I’m sharing my mom’s peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I think of Christmas baking, I think of baking cookies with my mom. We used to always bake sugar cookies and my favorite, peanut butter cookies on Christmas Eve. I decided to spice things up a little for this post and add a little chocolate. So, I’m sharing with you our Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, which contains lots of peanut butter and a good amount of chocolate chips too!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Delicious, really peanut buttery peanut butter with chocolate chip cookies.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 19 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 2 -3 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  • Combine the peanut butter and butter. Then, add in the sugars, baking soda, and salt, mixing until combined.
  • Beat in the egg and vanilla. Then, add the flour a little at a time. Mix together and then add the chocolate chips.
  • Form the dough into balls and place onto a cookie sheet. You can flatten the cookies and create a crisscross pattern using a fork (my mom always did). Dip the fork into sugar in between cookies.
  • Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on how big the cookies are.
  • Remove cookies from oven and cool.
Keyword Chocolate, Cookies, Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe makes between 2-3 dozen cookies. I tend to make big cookies which means less cookies and more baking time. However, some people like my mom make them smaller and they require less baking time. As with any recipe, I recommend keeping an eye on the first batch of cookies to ensure they don’t burn.

So, there you have it. My Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe. What do you think of them? Please let me know if you decide to make them.

Disclosure: Posting this recipe enters me into a contest for OXO for Mixed. attendees. No compensation was received. The opinions expressed are my own.

Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes Pumpkin Cupcake Recipe

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Pumpkin Cupcakes

Taste of Home: Best Loved Recipes

You know that I love to bake and I can’t turn down a great recipe book. That’s why I was so excited to receive the new book Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes and to share the pumpkin cupcake recipe from it! It came out this week and it has 1,485 recipes! Wow! My copy is really heavy and big (928 pages) because it is chock-full of recipes. Plus, since they are from the #1 food and entertaining magazine (Taste of Home), you know they are good.

I am so impressed with this collection. The hardback cover makes me feel better about lugging it around the kitchen and leaving it open to cook by. Then, it also has a very nice ribbon bookmark attached to it that I can use to save my spot or to mark a recipe for later. I was surprised to see so many different categories of food present in this book. Alphabetized, there’s everything you could want from appetizers to soups.

Plus, this book was put together to showcase the best of the best recipes they have. So, each and every recipe is detailed and the end result is tasty. They even include user comments about the recipes throughout the book. Each recipe includes the year it was published, a quote from the submitter, cook and prep time as well as how many it makes. Then, it provides an entire list of ingredients followed by nice and clearly written instructions. How much easier can it get?

Pumpkin Cupcake Recipe

Let me share a recipe from the book with you. It’s for Pumpkin Cupcakes. Take a look!

pumpkin cupcake recipe

A unique mix of pineapple and pumpkin creates a cupcake with mouthwatering flavor.
— Mary Relyea, Canastota, New York

pumpkin cupcake recipe

Taste of Home Pumpkin Cupcakes

Excerpted from Taste of Home: Best Loved Recipes: 1485 Favorites from the World's #1 Food & Entertaining Magazine by Taste of Home
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16

Ingredients
  

  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup maple syrup
  • ½ cup 2% milk
  • 1-½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 can 8 ounces crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1 package 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • 1-½ cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, beat shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will appear curdled). Beat in syrup and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, ginger and allspice; add to shortening mixture and beat just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin and pineapple.
  • Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • For frosting, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes.
Keyword Cupcakes, Pumpkin

Do you see why I love this book so much? There’s something for everyone in it. If you make the pumpkin cupcakes, let me know how they turn out.

Disclosure: I received a copy of the book. No compensation was received. The opinions expressed are my own.