Week Eleven- Double Chocolate Peanut Buttercup Cookies

My sincerest apologies for my lack of posting!! I love this "experiment" and I just got busy with the holidays and missed a week. Then one week turned into two, two into three. . . you get the idea! What's funny is that I don't think I ever missed actually making any cookies, I just missed posting. But, I am back and I am committed! So here is the cookie of the week: Double Chocolate Peanut Buttercup Cookies. These cookies are gooooood! Definitely snitch one when they ate fresh out of the oven. I plan on taking a batch of these as a "suck up" gift to my Aerobics teacher tomorrow. I am hoping she will let us skip the million jumping jacks she forces us to do. . . She probably won't, but a girl can dream.

Enough blah blah blah- Let's BAKE!

2 1/4 cup flour

1/3 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup butter

3/4 cup smooth peanut butter

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 of a 12 oz bag of peanut butter cups coarsely chopped
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl. In a large separate bowl beat the softened butter, peanut butter, both sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy. (do not rush this step- I swear this is a secret to soft yummy cookies) Add your eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until thoroughly blended. Stir in the dry ingredients until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips and peanut butter cups. Using a cookie scoop place cookie dough two inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until slightly firm to the touch, about 10-13 minutes. Mine went 12 minutes but they were still soft. Allow the cookies to cool before transferring to a cooling rack. Makes about 4 dozen.

My two cents: These are yum! Just take my advice- double the recipe and just use the whole bag of peanut butter cups! If you don't you'll wish you had. . .

I almost forgot- don't forget to eat some dough- that is good too. I ate almost as much dough as I did cookies. Enjoy!!

I always love to hear what you think or how yours turn out. Leave me a comment!