Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt
Yield: 36 cookies
This recipe blends three kinds of chocolate with a light sprinkle of sea salt, giving every soft, chewy bite a rich and varied chocolate flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter (such as Jif)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1½ cups packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Morton kosher salt
- ½ cup dark chocolate chunks, chopped about ¼" or so in size (I use Ghirardelli 60% Cacao baking bar)
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I use Guittard semi-sweet chips)
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips)
- sea salt flakes ( I use Maldon sea salt flakes)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping the bowl 2 to 3 times. Add peanut butter and mix to incorporate. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and mix just until fully incorporated. Add all three chocolates and fold until just evenly incorporated.
- Drop about 2 tablespoons of dough onto baking sheet, about 2” apart. I like to use a medium kitchen scoop (mine is 1-5/8″ in diameter, labeled a "2-tablespoon scoop"), loaded just a bit generously. Sprinkle dough with sea salt, crumbling the flakes between your fingers just a bit as you sprinkle.
- Bake for 11 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Take care to not over bake, as the cookies will set as they cool. Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
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