Peanut Butter Heart Cookies
These one bowl small batch peanut butter heart cookies makes 4 large chewy cookies! It’s the perfect recipe to bake for Valentine's Day! They are soft cookies full of peanut butter and have a peanut butter heart in the middle. No chilling required!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1/3 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1 egg yolk room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- flakey sea salt optional
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- extra white sugar to sprinkle on cookies
- 4 peanut butter hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C and line two baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Melt the butter over low heat. Once melted, remove from heat and cool while you prep the rest of your ingredients.1/4 cup butter melted
- In a large bowl, whisk in the cooled melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for one minute until combined.1/3 cup dark brown sugar, 1 tbsp white sugar
- Add in egg yolk, vanilla, and peanut butter, and continue whisking.1/3 cup peanut butter, 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp vanilla
- Add in flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until a soft dough forms. Be careful not to over mix. Then mix in mini chocolate chips.1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- Scoop 4 cookies onto your prepared baking tray. Sprinkle extra sugar on top (optional, but recommended).extra white sugar to sprinkle on cookies
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are slightly golden brown. Add a peanut butter heart into the center of each cookie. Then sprinkle flakey sea salt.4 peanut butter hearts, flakey sea salt