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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies

October 27, 2013

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies @createdbydiane

Chocolate and Peanut Butter is such a great flavor combination,

it’s no wonder Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are wrapped in orange and all ready for Halloween.

I wanted to make a slightly chewy chocolate cookie with peanut butter and here you have them.

I decorated them with orange royal icing and since the first batch went so fast, I whipped up another knowing how quickly they would disappear!

I know when I went trick or treating I’d count of all the peanut butter cups I got, they are so good I wanted to be sure I kept track of each and every one of them until they were gone.

I won’t mention how many of these cookies I ate while making them….I lost count.

I bet this Peanut Butter Icing I made a while ago would be perfect on these…

Uh, oh….looks like I will have to make more of these and try out that icing on them next.

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chocolate peanut butter cut out cookies

 

I roll my cookies out in between wax paper sheets as they don’t need additional flour and become tough when re-rolling to cut them with the cookie cutters. I roll my cookies 1/4 inch thick.

 

chocolate peanut butter cookies @createdbydiane

 

Remember to not over crowd cookies when baking them as they won’t bake evenly.

I bake my cookies on parchment lined baking sheets. I typically fit 12, 3-inch cookies on each baking sheet.

Since I allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets I don’t bake them until they are firm all the way through or they will be dried out as they do continue to bake on the sheets as they cool.

I bake my cookies on 1/2 sheet baking sheets. I purchase them at Costco (which carries Nordic Ware 1/2 sheets) or Sam’s Club. They are thicker and more sturdy than others I’ve used and I’ve found they bake evenly.

 

 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies @createdbydiane

 

 

 

 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies
 
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Serves: makes 3 dozen 3" cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup melted and cooled chocolate (Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Chips)
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. In mixer beat butter and sugar
  3. Add in egg, vanilla, peanut butter, melted and cooled chocolate, cocoa
  4. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt until combined
  5. Roll out cookie dough in between wax paper sheets 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter.
  6. Place on parchment lined baking sheets and bake 7-8 minutes until edges are firm.
  7. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets.
  8. Mix up a batch of Royal Icing add a few drops orange food coloring and mix a little water to it to get the desired consistency to pipe onto cookies.
  9. Allow the frosting to dry 10 hours.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies @createdbydiane

 

You could easily drizzle the cookie with icing if you don’t want polka dots!

Either way, chocolate peanut butter cut out cookies with icingthey are delicious and perfect for the chocolate peanut butter lover.

 

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22 Comments Filed Under: chocolate, Cookies, Frosting/Icing, Halloween, Sweet, Thanksgiving Tagged With: chocolate, Cookies, cut out cookies, Peanut Butter, Royal Icing

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Comments

  1. Julianne says

    October 27, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    I’m going to be making these really soon! How much does the dough spread? Is it good for more intricate shapes?

    Reply
    • Diane says

      October 27, 2013 at 7:12 pm

      Hi Julianne, I would consider this a dough that does NOT spread. It does puff up, but you can almost put the same cookie cutter over it when baked, the spreading is extremely minimal. I am trying to add a photo on the post to show you, but right now it’s not uploading properly. I will email you a photo soon.

    • Julianne says

      November 1, 2013 at 5:12 am

      I made these and they turned out well. There was barely any spread and the cookies held their shapes nicely. The dough wasn’t sweet enough for my taste so I added a little extra sugar and left out the baking powder.

  2. Theresa @ Delicacious says

    October 27, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    Thanks for sharing this lovely cookie recipe. It looks good for Christmas cookies too!

    Reply
  3. Angie | Big Bear's Wife says

    October 28, 2013 at 6:13 am

    I love the chocolate and the orange together!

    Reply
  4. Stephanie @ PlainChicken says

    October 28, 2013 at 6:34 am

    I love the dots! So cute and I bet they taste delicious!

    Reply
  5. ashley - baker by nature says

    October 28, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    Oh look at these! So perfect for Halloween 🙂

    Reply
  6. Lana @ Never Enough Thyme says

    October 28, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Gorgeous cookies! And just in time for Halloween.

    Reply
  7. Amy at Living Locurto says

    October 29, 2013 at 7:19 am

    I love the dots!!! How cute are those???

    Reply
  8. Russell at Chasing Delicious says

    October 30, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Cute! Cute and yummy!

    Reply
  9. Nutmeg Nanny says

    October 31, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    These are so freaking cute and I’m sure they taste amazing!!

    Reply
  10. Shaina says

    November 7, 2013 at 6:43 am

    I love that the chocolate and peanut butter is combined in these, and in a cutout cookie, too!

    Reply
  11. Belle says

    November 8, 2013 at 2:06 am

    I love the look of these!! Would you happen to have a metric version of the recipe?? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Diane says

      November 8, 2013 at 11:24 pm

      sorry I don’t, but I have used this site before to convert things https://www.metric-conversions.org/ Hope that is helpful.

  12. Kathy says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    My hubby LOVES peanut butter and chocolate. Add in banana’s and he is in heaven! I think I may try these with your banana icing recipe and see what he thinks!

    Reply

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