Peanut Butter Cookie Perfection

I fully admit, I am a huge lover of peanut butter. I was (er, am) that kid who eats peanut butter straight off the spoon--don't worry, I don't double dip. Towers of Ritz crackers with the peanut butter smooshed between them, toast where the peanut butter starts to liquify a little bit from the heat and the texture mixing of the crisp and the gooey is just... mmm.

I'm sorry, where was I?

Oh right, peanut butter. WIth a few little tweaks, welcome to a recipe for peanut butter cookies that will take what is a pretty awesome cookie to OMG delicious.

Step 1: Ingredients and Equipment

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
pinch of nutmeg
2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup (plus an extra 1/4 cup) white sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups Reese's Pieces (ie peanut butter candies the size of M&Ms. OMG GENIUS) or 1 1/2 cups Peanut Butter chips (equally genius)

The Hardware:

cookie sheets
cooling rack
measuring cups
plunger measuring cup for the peanut butter (best money you will ever spend)

Comments

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Those look so simple and so delicious!

[MKosterich]

So good! I'm glad I finally convinced you to make them. :)