homemade wednesday {classic cookies with a crunch}

With all this time on my hands while I search for my new career, I have gotten quite crafty in the kitchen.

{Note to y'all ~ I like saying "career" over "job" because i feel life shouldn't be about getting the job done, but enjoying your career day in and day out :) }

With all this craftiness going on in our little crafty apartment, I have taken your average recipes and added a little va-va-voom!!

First are your average Peanut Butter Cookies. I took a simple PB Cookie recipe and added not only chocolate chips but chopped roasted salted peanuts to jazz up this classic cookie. I just made one batch which came out to about 18 cookies. I sent the majority of the Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies with the Hubbs to work after his lunch break and kept a couple for sweet treats after dinner.

The best part of this recipe is i guarentee you have all these ingredients in your pantry right now!!

{Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies}

Whatcha Need:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup of chopped roasted salted peanuts

How-To:

~Preheat oven to 375°F.

~Beat the butter until creamy. Add the sugars, beat until butter and sugars are combined. Beat in the peanut butter and egg.

~Mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter sugar mixture.

~Stir in the chocolate chips and chopped peanuts.

~Shape dough into golf ball size cookies and flatten. Place parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Use fork to make criss-cross pattern on top of cookies.

~Bake for 8 minutes. Cool on parchment paper lined baking rack to cool completely.

Definite recommendations for y'all ~ let these cookies cool completely. I know it's hard to resist, but when cooled they are chewy deliciousness!! Also, doubling the recipe is a must because these classic cookies with a crunch go quite fast!!

Happy Baking, Y'all!!

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