Did everyone have a nice Memorial Day weekend? We sure did. We spent the weekend at the Dewey’s. We adopted ourselves into their family:) We had a couple of bbq’s, enjoyed some pool time, basketball, baking, movies, runs/walks, and movies. The perfect weekend. It was hard to come back to work today.
I made several treats over the weekend. I love baking for crowds. Everything gets gobbled up which means no temptation for me:) I usually don’t bake peanut butter treats because Josh is allergic, but I knew everyone else would love them.
I made chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips. A very chocolaty cookie, more like a brownie with peanut butter chips. Nothing too special or out of the ordinary, but just a good cookie. I did use yogurt and I am glad I did. The cookies were really soft. You really can’t go wrong with the chocolate and peanut butter combo.
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter
7 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup granulated sugar
⅓ cup packed brown sugar
⅓ cup plain yogurt (I used fat free)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup of peanut butter chips
Preheat oven to 350ºF; line 2 baking sheets with baking paper, lightly coated with cooking spray. I used Silpats!
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Sift together flour, soda, and salt; set aside.
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat; stir in cocoa powder and sugars (mixture will resemble coarse sand). Add yogurt and vanilla, stirring to combine. Add flour mixture, stirring until moist. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes or until almost set. Cool on pans 2 to 3 minutes or until firm. Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.
Maria That looks like a great recipe just need the peanut butter chips. Great pictures.
Wow beautiful and so yumm.
Glad you guys had fun! We had a fabulous weekend too….I am SO wishing it wasn’t over! Great cookies. Mmmm PB chips=heaven!
The cookies sound great! I wish I had a crowd to give them away to!
Oh yeah, peanut butter chips…I could those straight out of the bag.
Also can’t go wrong: with a really soft cookie. nom nom nom. (just don’t let Josh hear my noms of delight 🙂
Exquisite! These pretty cookies would not last long with me!
cheers,
Rosa
These look great! I am glad you had a wonderful weekend.
I love chocolate cookies! And when you add pb chips, that sends them over the top!
funny, I made chocolate cookies with PB chips yesterday! Can’t go wrong with that flavor combo….
is it possible that this is a perfect cookie?
ha ha! I am EXACTLY the same way: I love baking for large crowds that way nothing tempting is left for me to inhale! LOL
Choco & pb will always be my true love.
They do sound good, Maria. Peanut butter chips are out of this world – I can eat them out of hand so I don’t keep them in the pantry :-).
the cookie alone would make any day memorable Maria 🙂 these look nice and chewy. I have never used peanut butter chips before though. Nice idea!
I like baking for a crowd too. I would eat your cookies warm with a glass of chocolate milk!
Looks great and glad to hear you had a fun weekend!
These look delicious! I love soft cookies…this is definitely going on my to-bake list!
I need to get some peanut butter chips – yummy cookies!
yummmmm those look delicious (I would eat them right now for breakfast if I had some) haha 🙂
I love that you use yogurt! These look wonderful!
MMMMMM baking for a crowd is the best 🙂 All the fun, without trying not to eat everything you made 🙂
These are my kinda cookie…I love pb chips! Glad you had a good weekend. 🙂
Mmm, pb chips! a choc cookie i could’ve passed up, but when you up the anty like that… can’t say no! 🙂
Yogurt in a cookie??? I might have to try this! And how can you go wrong with chocolate and PB?? Nice job! 😀
holiday weekends are the best, except for the first day back at work… it’s always so hard to get back into the groove!
the cookies look delish
Really. Honestly. I don’t think there is anything better. There is seriously nothing better than chocolate and peanut butter… except maybe chocolate and peanut butter in a cookie form!
That looks so good! I am such a sucker for cookies 🙂 Glad you guys had a good weekend. I will be calling you before we come to Utah so we can plan something. I can’t wait to see you!
Just a perfect snack day or night!!!
I love these so much. Our recipes are similar & I ended up adding a few chocolate chips too, for good measure. 🙂
http://waymorehomemaderecipes.blogspot.com/2009/04/chocolate-peanut-butter-chip-cookies.html
Give me a glass of milk and Im in heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Figtreeapps
These would be a big hit in my house…they look great.
Oh how I love peanut butter and chocolate together!
Looks super tasty! Nice pics!
@helloveggie
I almost made brownies with peanut butter today. These look better. I bet the yogurt makes them so moist!
YUM! They look and sound delicious.
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter has to be good. Nice looking cookies.
Yum. I love the use of yogurt!
yummy! classic combo of the cho and PB, what an old fav! perfect with a glass of cold milk!
it certainly was hard to go back to work today! it sounds like you had a delicious weekend, though!! the cookies look great 🙂
Those look really delicious! I love chocolate and peanut butter.
You used yogurt! I’ve never used yogurt for cookies, they look so good. I love soft cookies!!
I agree it was tough going back to work! 🙁
Can't really go wrong with PB & chocolate.
~ingrid
Oh this looks like one fabulous cookie!
Oh those cookies look so yummy. Wish there was a virtual cookie jar! Thanks for sharing 🙂
i was just telling jamie that i was craving chocolate + peanut butter and then this pops up. grrr.
Not a fan of PB and chocolate, but I bet, white chocolate or mint chips would be good!
They’re pretty too!
I celebrated a million miles away by shopping online– does that count? lol
You cookies look divine = )
sadly, i had no barbecues to attend, but i’m glad you took advantage of the long weekend! these cookies are great–a bit bass-ackwards, but terrific nonetheless. 🙂
THe perfect combo! This recipe is interesting, I’ve never used yougurt to make cookies before.
Maria these are just perfect cookies! PB and Choccie my two favourite flavours – mmmmm..
Rosie x
These are my FAVORITE kind of cookies! I’ll have to try your recipe!
I wish I could get my hands on some pb chips!
I love chocolate chip cookies but chocolate cookies with pb chips are right there on my favourite as well!
I agree – chocolate and peanut butter in combination can’t be beat!
These cookies seem pretty darn special to me!! They look fabulous. So glad you had an excuse to use some PB, too!! I’m definitely saving this recipe (and I only hope that lots of my friends come to visit, so I, too, have a crowd to bake for).
That peanut butter & chocolate would be a favorite with my hubs!
OK these cookies look really good, too. I love peanut butter chips.
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Thank you for this recipe. I made these today and used M & M’s white chocolate in fall colors. I am getting a jump on fall baking! They turned out delicious!