Peanut Butter Chipotle Cookies
The smokey flavor of the chipotle partners well with the peanut butter.
Servings 36 cookies
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup dark brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter smooth or chunky
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon chipotle powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups sifted flour 6 oz – (You can skip sifting if you weigh the flour)
- ½ cup Ghirardelli white chips or just use peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Have ready an ungreased cookie sheet – preferably uninsulated.
- Cream the butter and both sugars. Beat in the peanut butter and egg; Scrape sides of bowl and beat in the chipotle, salt, baking soda and vanilla. When well blended, add flour and stir until it is blended. Stir in the chips.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheets about 2-inches apart. Flatten balls with a fork making crisscross patterns; Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slightly browned around the edges.
- 3 ½ to 4 dozen