How to Make the Best Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a healthier fat option, while margarine can be more economical.

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Almond butter is a healthier nut option, and sunflower seed butter is often less expensive.

Tear out your scale and measure 7.5 ounces of all-purpose flour.

Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of table salt to the flour and whisk together.

Tear out your scale again and measure 10.5 ounces of dark brown sugar, using packed brown sugar.

Add 1 cup of creamy peanut butter to the bowl.

Add 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the mixture.

Melt 4 tablespoons of butter and add it to the mixture.

Add 2 eggs to the mixture and whisk until thoroughly combined.

Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.

Chop 0.5 cup of whole roasted peanuts finely and stir them into the cookie dough until just combined.

Use a number 30 portion scoop to portion the dough, smearing it for a flat surface.

Roll each dough ball into a ball and press each into a 2-inch diameter round.

Use a fork to make crisscross patterns on the cookies (note: marks may disappear due to softness).

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, rotating halfway through.

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