Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookies embedded with a gooey chunk of chocolate and with hints of ginger and nutmeg.
Ingredients
- ½ cup room temperature vegan butter
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tbsp non-dairy milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup cane sugar
- 1 dark chocolate bar, cut into small pieces (see images above)
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
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In a large bowl, use a handheld mixer or back of a fork to cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until smooth. Whisk in applesauce, milk, and vanilla extract until combined.
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Add flour, baking soda and powder, spices, and salt. Stir well until a soft dough forms. Take a 2 tbsp cookie scoop to portion out dough and roll each portion into a smooth ball. Pour ½ cup sugar into a bowl. Roll each cookie dough ball into the sugar to coat. Place on baking sheet. Press a piece of chocolate into the center of each cookie.
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Bake for 14-15 minutes until light golden brown. Allow cooling on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.