Hi everyone! It’s Gina from Kleinworth & Co. I’m back to share another fun family recipe with you all today, our favorite peanut butter cookie recipe . Are you excited about 2014?? I sure am. I love the feeling of a fresh start & when January 1st hit- I was ready to jump back into the kitchen & let the creativity flow. While I was in there I decided to play with an old family favorite & make it more fun. Sometimes just changing one little thing can be enough to have the whole family coming back for more & more. This time I decided to take another look at our peanut butter cookie recipe & make them literally a one bite treat.
Mini Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love a soft peanut butter cookie – these are just perfect.
Making these bite size made them a new favorite for me. Just pop & go.
Really – when they fit in the palm of your hand you can grab several- snack as you go & since they are so small, it’s really like only eating one or two regular size cookies. So less guilt too. Can’t beat that.
Then there is the mini chocolate chips. You really can’t go wrong with that combo of peanut butter & chocolate – right?
Look how many fit in my son ‘s hands 🙂
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1-1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg (for crisp cookies- omit egg)
- 1-3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ - ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- In mixer bowl with paddle attachment, add peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk & vanilla. Beat until combined.
- Add egg - beat until just blended.
- Add in flour, baking soda & salt. Beat until just blended.
- Fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Take small ½ teaspoon size sections & roll into balls & place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Press flat with fingers. You should be able to fit close to 25-30 mini cookies on your cookie sheet & they should be no larger than 1 inch in diameter. Preferably smaller as they will spread a little when baking.
- Bake 8 minutes - remove & allow to cool 1-2 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.
- Store in airtight container for several days.
Enjoy!!!!
Thank you Desiree for having me again today. See you all next month for another yummy recipe!
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Delish – thanks for the recipe!
I love pb & chocolate and these cookies are just too cute! There is just something about mini cookies that makes them taste better I think!!
Yum! These look fabulous. Thanks for sharing them Gina.
I love how little and cute these are, Gina! Such a fun post-Christmas cookie!!
These look amazing! I love anything with PB!
They look great and delish! Pinning!
My kids will love these. Yummy!
xxo
Thanks so much for the great recipe! I love peanut butter cookies. I’m pinning! Have a great day.
Leslie
Oh these look so good. Thanks for the recipe. I would love for you to link up to my Inspire Me Tuesday party – – -http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2014/01/198th-inspire-me-tuesday.html. Hugs, Marty